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Bacterial community composition and diversity of five different permafrost-affected soils of Northeast Greenland

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Diversity and community structure of fungi through a permafrost core profile from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China

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The soil carbon/nitrogen ratio and moisture affect microbial community structures in alkaline permafrost-affected soils with different vegetation types on the Tibetan plateau

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Diversity and Distribution of Archaea Community along a Stratigraphic Permafrost Profile from Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

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Soil bacterial communities shaped by geochemical factors and land use in a less-explored area, Tibetan Plateau

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Metagenomic analysis of a permafrost microbial community reveals a rapid response to thaw

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Does grassland vegetation drive soil microbial diversity?

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Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change: Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle

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Microbial diversity and activity through a permafrost/ground ice core profile from the Canadian high Arctic

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