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. 2019 Jun 21;2:233. doi: 10.1038/s42003-019-0481-8

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Mean relative 13C enrichment of microbial biomass lipids measured through phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis. Since organic matter was enriched with 13C and plant photosynthates were depleted in 13C, lower PLFA δ 13C values suggest that microbes derived a greater proportion of their C from plant photosynthates. Letters denote the results of a Tukey’s HSD test performed on log-transformed data; error bars represent the standard error (p < 0.01, n = 7 biologically independent samples)