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Table 3. Number of gene probes detected in each gene category from the sites with different fire histories.

Gene category	No. of gene probe detected (mean ± SD)^a			No. of gene probe in each category
Gene category	2-year after fire	60-year after frie	152-year after fire	No. of gene probe in each category
Carbon Cycling	7710 ± 53^b	6986 ± 346^c	7439 ± 90^bc	9443
Electron transfer	302 ± 6^b	267 ± 12^c	289 ± 4^bc	382
Metal Homeostasis	14093 ± 125^b	12653 ± 771^c	13385 ± 147^bc	17208
Nitrogen	2109 ± 9^b	1895 ± 99^c	2039 ± 26^bc	2592
Organic Remediation	4601 ± 42^b	4200 ± 199^c	4467 ± 21^bc	5571
Phosphorus	1168 ± 7^b	1085 ± 58^c	1121 ± 8^bc	1430
Secondary metabolism	1262 ± 11^b	1170 ± 52^c	1224 ± 15^bc	1479
Stress	8515 ± 72^b	7703 ± 415^c	8183 ± 119^bc	10439
Sulfur	1395 ± 13^b	1261 ± 81^c	1348 ± 12^bc	1748
virulence	7939 ± 95^b	7339 ± 319^c	7627 ± 73^bc	9415
Other	2488 ± 18^b	2239 ± 141^c	2343 ± 44^bc	3153
Total	51582 ± 432^b	46800 ± 2487^c	49465 ± 539^bc	62860

^aThe values represent the mean and standard deviation of three replicates from each age after fire.

Different letters in each gene category represent Tukey’s significant difference at a P value of 0.05 between the sites after fire.