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				Average relative abundance (%) ± SD
Cropland to grassland	Verrucomicrobia	0.001	0.016	0.53 ± 0.33	1.13 ± 0.81	Increase
Cropland to forest	Bacteroidetes	0.006	0.049	0.82 ± 0.55	0.14 ± 0.16	Decrease
	Nitrospirae	0.011	0.064	0.70 ± 0.70	0.04 ± 0.04	Decrease
	Proteobacteria	0.004	0.037	35.22 ± 6.48	35.41 ± 12.82	Increase
Grassland to cropland	Gemmatimonadetes	0.001	0.016	0.26 ± 0.14	0.96 ± 0.55	Increase
	Planctomycetes	0.009	0.060	0.82 ± 0.38	0.63 ± 0.23	Decrease
	Verrucomicrobia	0.003	0.037	2.46 ± 1.58	0.89 ± 0.38	Decrease
Grassland to forest	None	–	–	–	–	–

				Average relative abundance (%) ± SD
Cropland to grassland	Verrucomicrobia	0.001	0.016	0.53 ± 0.33	1.13 ± 0.81	Increase
Cropland to forest	Bacteroidetes	0.006	0.049	0.82 ± 0.55	0.14 ± 0.16	Decrease
	Nitrospirae	0.011	0.064	0.70 ± 0.70	0.04 ± 0.04	Decrease
	Proteobacteria	0.004	0.037	35.22 ± 6.48	35.41 ± 12.82	Increase
Grassland to cropland	Gemmatimonadetes	0.001	0.016	0.26 ± 0.14	0.96 ± 0.55	Increase
	Planctomycetes	0.009	0.060	0.82 ± 0.38	0.63 ± 0.23	Decrease
	Verrucomicrobia	0.003	0.037	2.46 ± 1.58	0.89 ± 0.38	Decrease
Grassland to forest	None	–	–	–	–	–

Table 3.

List of phyla which showed significant (10% false discovery rate) response to land-use change (LUC).

				Average relative abundance (%) ± SD
			Corrected			Response
LUC type	Phlyum	P-value	P-value	Old LU	New LU	to LUC
Cropland to grassland	Verrucomicrobia	0.001	0.016	0.53 ± 0.33	1.13 ± 0.81	Increase
Cropland to forest	Bacteroidetes	0.006	0.049	0.82 ± 0.55	0.14 ± 0.16	Decrease
	Nitrospirae	0.011	0.064	0.70 ± 0.70	0.04 ± 0.04	Decrease
	Proteobacteria	0.004	0.037	35.22 ± 6.48	35.41 ± 12.82	Increase
Grassland to cropland	Gemmatimonadetes	0.001	0.016	0.26 ± 0.14	0.96 ± 0.55	Increase
	Planctomycetes	0.009	0.060	0.82 ± 0.38	0.63 ± 0.23	Decrease
	Verrucomicrobia	0.003	0.037	2.46 ± 1.58	0.89 ± 0.38	Decrease
Grassland to forest	None	–	–	–	–	–

				Average relative abundance (%) ± SD
			Corrected			Response
LUC type	Phlyum	P-value	P-value	Old LU	New LU	to LUC
Cropland to grassland	Verrucomicrobia	0.001	0.016	0.53 ± 0.33	1.13 ± 0.81	Increase
Cropland to forest	Bacteroidetes	0.006	0.049	0.82 ± 0.55	0.14 ± 0.16	Decrease
	Nitrospirae	0.011	0.064	0.70 ± 0.70	0.04 ± 0.04	Decrease
	Proteobacteria	0.004	0.037	35.22 ± 6.48	35.41 ± 12.82	Increase
Grassland to cropland	Gemmatimonadetes	0.001	0.016	0.26 ± 0.14	0.96 ± 0.55	Increase
	Planctomycetes	0.009	0.060	0.82 ± 0.38	0.63 ± 0.23	Decrease
	Verrucomicrobia	0.003	0.037	2.46 ± 1.58	0.89 ± 0.38	Decrease
Grassland to forest	None	–	–	–	–	–

The P-values were derived from paired t-tests and corrected according to the Benjamini-Hochberg method. Only phyla that had at least 0.20% average relative abundance in either the reference or the conversion plots of a LUC type were included in the analysis.

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