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Figure 1. Relative abundance (%) of bacteria at the level of phyla obtained by Illumina sequences from soil samples of different vegetation types including crop (C), transition (T), and forest (F) soils in Acacia (A), Honeydew (H), and Strickland (S) farms of the coastal region of Georgia, USA.
Figure 2. Relative abundance (%) of Acidiobacteria and Proteobacteria from different vegetation types of crop, transition, and forest soils by Illumina sequences.
Figure 3. A) Cluster and B) NMDS analysis of bacterial communities from different vegetation types of crop, transition and forest soils based upon Illumina sequencing data.
Figure 4. The relative abundance (%) of A) uncultured bacteria belonging to Acidobacteriales (OTU5) and Acidipila sp. (OTU8), and B) an uncultured bacterium (OTU4) belonging to Nitrobacteraceae at each vegetation types based upon Illumina sequencing data.
Figure 5. A) DGGE profiles and B) cluster analysis of nir K gene under highly disturbed crop (C), moderate disturbed transition (T), and less disturbed native forest (F) fields from three locations in Acacia (A), Honeydew (H), and Strickland (S) farms at the coastal plain of Georgia.
Figure 1.