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Table 2. Correlation coefficients (r-values) for relationships between physical, chemical and biochemical properties and PLFA biomarkers.

	Corg	N	C/N	Csol	WHC	AS	P	Cmic	BSR	qCO₂
Total PLFA	0.88^**	0.92^**	-0.059	0.83^**	0.80^**	0.88^**	0.73^**	0.80^**	0.68^**	0.07
Fungi	0.97^**	0.94^**	0.239	0.71^**	0.81^**	0.87^**	0.59^**	0.61^**	0.64^**	0.12
Bacteria:Fungi	-0.74^**	-0.75^**	-0.049	-0.69^**	-0.70^**	-0.88^**	-0.52^*	-0.53^*	-0.76^**	-0.35
Bacteria	0.85^**	0.91^**	-0.141	0.85^**	0.77^**	0.86^**	0.82^**	0.85^**	0.67^**	0.04
G-	0.77^**	0.84^**	-0.197	0.84^**	0.71^**	0.82^**	0.74^**	0.79^**	0.71^**	0.12
G+	0.85^**	0.92^**	-0.152	0.84^**	0.77^**	0.84^**	0.83^**	0.85^**	0.65^**	0.02
G-:G+	0.20	0.24	-0.207	0.37	0.22	0.36	0.11	0.23	0.51^*	0.34
Actinobacteria	0.86^**	0.92^**	-0.135	0.83^**	0.77^**	0.83^**	0.83^**	0.85^**	0.60^**	-0.02

Corg: soil organic carbon; N: total Nitrogen; Csol: soluble carbon; WHC: water holding capacity; AS: aggregate stability; Cmic: microbial biomass carbon; BSR: basal soil respiration; P: available phosphorus; G-: Gram-negative bacteria; G+: Gram-positive bacteria; * and ** indicate significant correlation at P<0.05 and P<0.01, respectively.