Fig. 3.
Differences in the abundance of genes related to nitrogen cycling in the saline (orange) and nonsaline (cyan) soil on the Tibetan Plateau. Bar plots show the normalized abundances of nitrogen cycling genes. Significantly different (FDR < 0.05) genes are marked with “*” and circled numbers. Undetected genes are indicated in gray. Circled numbers identify genes with significant differences: 1, dissimilatory nitrate reduction; 2, nitrification; 3, denitrification; and 4, organic nitrogen conversion. The total number of reads is normalized to 100,000