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. 2019 May 16;10:982. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00982

Table 3.

Green infrastructure microbial function characteristics.

Type Microbial biomass C∗∗∗ (μg C g−1 dry soil) Microbial biomass N∗∗∗ (μg N g−1dry soil) Respiration (μg C g−1dry soil day−1) Mineralization∗∗∗ (μg N g−1dry soil day−1) Nitrification∗∗∗ (μg Ng−1dry soil day−1) DEA∗∗∗ (μg Ng−1dry soil day−1)
ETP 923.82 ± 141.89a 77.79 ± 6.25a 25.92 ± 5.18a 1.28 ± 0.50a 0.68 ± 0.21a 2.97 ± 0.66a
SSIS 633.70 ± 128.96b 53.13 ± 6.34b 30.96 ± 8.79a 0.67 ± 0.22ab 0.76 ± 0.20a 3.01 ± 0.72a
UF 521.93 ± 00.01c 101.22 ± 3.87a 30.50 ± 0.01a 0.58 ± 0.01b 0.56 ± 0.05b 0.93 ± 0.05b
VS 375.13 ± 65.30c 35.17 ± 6.12c 13.82 ± 2.41b 0.15 ± 0.03c 0.22 ± 0.04c 0.56 ± 0.10c

Values are mean ± SE (n = 15 except for VS n = 33 and UF n = 3). Significant code: ∗∗∗P < 0.0001; ∗∗P < 0.001; P < 0.05; ns non-significant. Significant differences (P < 0.05) are indicated by different letters (Deeb et al., 2018).