Correspondence: Reply to ‘Analytical flaws in a continental-scale forest soil microbial diversity study’

Zhou, Jizhong; Deng, Ye; Shen, Lina; Wen, Chongqing; Yan, Qingyun; Ning, Daliang; Qin, Yujia; Xue, Kai; Wu, Liyou; He, Zhili; Voordeckers, James W.; Van Nostrand, Joy D.; Buzzard, Vanessa; Michaletz, Sean T.; Enquist, Brian J.; Weiser, Michael D.; Kaspari, Michael; Waide, Robert; Yang, Yunfeng; Brown, James H.

doi:10.1038/ncomms15583

Title: Correspondence: Reply to ‘Analytical flaws in a continental-scale forest soil microbial diversity study’

Abstract

We greatly appreciate Tedersoo’s interest in our recent publication concerning temperature effects on continental scale diversity of microbial communities in forest soils. The Correspondence raises several questions, primarily regarding the approaches used in our study. While we welcome this debate, we disagree with the claims regarding our study design, statistical analyses and interpretations

Authors:

Zhou, Jizhong ^[1];

^[2]; Shen, Lina ^[3]; Wen, Chongqing ^[3]; Yan, Qingyun ^[3]; Ning, Daliang ^[3]; Qin, Yujia ^[3]; Xue, Kai ^[3]; Wu, Liyou ^[3]; He, Zhili ^[3]; Voordeckers, James W. ^[3];

^[3]; Buzzard, Vanessa ^[4];

^[4]; Enquist, Brian J. ^[5];

^[3]; Kaspari, Michael ^[6]; Waide, Robert ^[7]; Yang, Yunfeng ^[8]; Brown, James H. ^[7]

Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China); Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Earth Sciences Division
Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)
Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States); The Santa Fe Inst., NM (United States)
Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States); Smithsonian Tropical Research Inst., Balboa (Republic of Panama)
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)

Publication Date:: Tue Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1567083

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nature Communications

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing Group

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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                    Zhou, Jizhong, Deng, Ye, Shen, Lina, Wen, Chongqing, Yan, Qingyun, Ning, Daliang, Qin, Yujia, Xue, Kai, Wu, Liyou, He, Zhili, Voordeckers, James W., Van Nostrand, Joy D., Buzzard, Vanessa, Michaletz, Sean T., Enquist, Brian J., Weiser, Michael D., Kaspari, Michael, Waide, Robert, Yang, Yunfeng, and Brown, James H. Correspondence: Reply to ‘Analytical flaws in a continental-scale forest soil microbial diversity study’.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Zhou, Jizhong, Deng, Ye, Shen, Lina, Wen, Chongqing, Yan, Qingyun, Ning, Daliang, Qin, Yujia, Xue, Kai, Wu, Liyou, He, Zhili, Voordeckers, James W., Van Nostrand, Joy D., Buzzard, Vanessa, Michaletz, Sean T., Enquist, Brian J., Weiser, Michael D., Kaspari, Michael, Waide, Robert, Yang, Yunfeng, & Brown, James H. Correspondence: Reply to ‘Analytical flaws in a continental-scale forest soil microbial diversity study’.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15583

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                    Zhou, Jizhong, Deng, Ye, Shen, Lina, Wen, Chongqing, Yan, Qingyun, Ning, Daliang, Qin, Yujia, Xue, Kai, Wu, Liyou, He, Zhili, Voordeckers, James W., Van Nostrand, Joy D., Buzzard, Vanessa, Michaletz, Sean T., Enquist, Brian J., Weiser, Michael D., Kaspari, Michael, Waide, Robert, Yang, Yunfeng, and Brown, James H. Tue .  
"Correspondence: Reply to ‘Analytical flaws in a continental-scale forest soil microbial diversity study’".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15583.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1567083.

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@article{osti_1567083,

  title        = {Correspondence: Reply to ‘Analytical flaws in a continental-scale forest soil microbial diversity study’},

  author       = {Zhou, Jizhong and Deng, Ye and Shen, Lina and Wen, Chongqing and Yan, Qingyun and Ning, Daliang and Qin, Yujia and Xue, Kai and Wu, Liyou and He, Zhili and Voordeckers, James W. and Van Nostrand, Joy D. and Buzzard, Vanessa and Michaletz, Sean T. and Enquist, Brian J. and Weiser, Michael D. and Kaspari, Michael and Waide, Robert and Yang, Yunfeng and Brown, James H.},

  abstractNote = {We greatly appreciate Tedersoo’s interest in our recent publication concerning temperature effects on continental scale diversity of microbial communities in forest soils. The Correspondence raises several questions, primarily regarding the approaches used in our study. While we welcome this debate, we disagree with the claims regarding our study design, statistical analyses and interpretations},

  doi          = {10.1038/ncomms15583},

  journal      = {Nature Communications},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 8,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Tue Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

}

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