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. 2022 Sep 19;7(5):e00559-22. doi: 10.1128/msystems.00559-22

TABLE 3.

Details of different disturbance treatments

Abbreviation Name Stress description Recovery description
AMB Ambient No addition No addition
DR Drought Without lids and air-dried by an electric fan Rewetting to 50% field capacity moisture
FL Flooding 5 cm of deionized water above the soil surface Discharge redundant gravitational water and decrease to 50% field capacity moisture
FR Freeze-thaw cycles Each cycle consisted of freezing at −20°C for 24 h, followed by thawing and incubation at 28°C for 48 h 28°C in an incubator
HE Heat 45°C in an incubator 28°C in an incubator