Additional file 2: Supplementary Table 1. Description of the 46 IMG metagenomes and 43 metatranscriptomes (related to Fig. 1A). Supplementary Table 2. Metadata for all the East River Watershed soil samples (related to Fig. 1A). Supplementary Table 3. DNA vOTU table with RPKM for each vOTU by sample,

Additional file 2: Supplementary Table 1. Description of the 46 IMG metagenomes and 43 metatranscriptomes (related to Fig. 1A). Supplementary Table 2. Metadata for all the East River Watershed soil samples (related to Fig. 1A). Supplementary Table 3. DNA vOTU table with RPKM for each vOTU by sample,

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Jeff Burch and Clay Speas. Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests. October 2004.

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