Soil

amendment

Microbial biomass (pmol/g soil)

Microbial biomass ratios

Total

PLFA

Total

NLFA

Fungi

AM

Fungi

GN

GP

Eukary

Actino

F/B

GP/GN

GN stress

Total NLFA/ PLFA

Control

57454.6

85060.8

402.5

1560.5

17449.2

13010.3

472.1

8263.5

0.0647^f

1.219^c

0.634^d

3.303^d

0.1% EPS

66973.4

53963

447.6

1895.8

20324.7

15655.4

733.7

9908.5

0.0658^e

1.257^a

0.664^b

5.218^a

(16.6%)

(−36.6%)

(11.2%)

(21.5%)

(16.5%)

(20.3%

(55.4%)

(19.9%)

0.5% EPS

66158.2

50758.9

463.7

1950.4

19496.3

15108.1

578.5

9209.8

0.1072^a

1.247^b

0.710^a

3.041^e

(15.1%)

(−40.3%)

(15.2%)

(25%)

(11.7%)

(16.1%)

(22.5%)

(11.4%)

BEP

58050.6

47167.6

439.4

1661.6

18430.3

12709.9

370.3

8302

0.0679^d

1.14^f

0.659^c

3.539^c

(1.0%)

(−44.5%)

(2.1%)

(6.5%)

(5.6%)

(−2.3%)

(−21.6%)

(0.5%)

BEP + 0.1% EPS

62086.3

45738.8

481.1

1807.8

19116.9

13836

523

8848.1

0.0699^c

1.186^e

0.619^e

3.665^b

(8.1%)

(−46.2%)

(17.9%)

(15.8%)

(9.6%)

(6.3%)

(10.8%)

(7.1%)

BEP + 0.5% EPS

58557.6

46420.9

501.9

1787.5

17707.8

13782.6

558.3

7681.3

0.073^b

1.212^d

0.586^f

2.488^f

(1.9%)

(−45.4%)

(20.7%)

(14.5%)

(1.5%)

(5.9%)

(18.3%)

(−7.0%)

CV

6.8

27.6

78.4

8.2

5.9

8.2

22.4

9.1