Table 2 Relative abundance of functional metabolic pathways in soil bacterial community at different elevations. Different lowercase letters indicate significant difference among different elevations (P < 0.05).

1.486 ± 0.006 a

1.447 ± 0.002 a

1.466 ± 0.003 a

1.490 ± 0.016 a

1.478 ± 0.009 a

2.517 ± 0.029 b

2.392 ± 0.022 b

3.013 ± 0.035 a

3.008 ± 0.135 a

2.905 ± 0.027 a

4.003 ± 0.028 b

3.840 ± 0.024 b

4.479 ± 0.034 a

4.498 ± 0.151 a

4.384 ± 0.036 a

1.571 ± 0.008 a

1.594 ± 0.004 a

1.581 ± 0.018 a

1.587 ± 0.021 a

1.614 ± 0.008 a

3.537 ± 0.026 a

3.239 ± 0.019 b

3.395 ± 0.009 ab

3.514 ± 0.082 a

3.387 ± 0.024 ab

5.158 ± 0.022 a

4.880 ± 0.005 b

5.022 ± 0.026 ab

5.152 ± 0.094 a

5.074 ± 0.031 ab

3.106 ± 0.022 a

2.796 ± 0.017 b

2.899 ± 0.014 ab

3.035 ± 0.100 a

2.920 ± 0.025 ab

11.803 ± 0.071 a

10.916 ± 0.042 b

11.317 ± 0.049 ab

11.701 ± 0.277 a

11.382 ± 0.081 ab

12.811 ± 0.021 ab

12.859 ± 0.028 a

12.703 ± 0.029 ab

12.674 ± 0.032 b

12.692 ± 0.065 ab

2.950 ± 0.017 a

2.832 ± 0.100 ab

2.539 ± 0.101 b

2.526 ± 0.051 b

2.629 ± 0.079 ab

12.676 ± 0.035 b

12.67 ± 0.010 b

12.844 ± 0.036 ab

12.697 ± 0.069 ab

12.904 ± 0.057 a

5.292 ± 0.010 ab

5.188 ± 0.009 b

5.263 ± 0.014 ab

5.344 ± 0.058 a

5.306 ± 0.031 ab

3.294 ± 0.012 a

3.150 ± 0.002 a

3.232 ± 0.039 a

3.257 ± 0.101 a

3.200 ± 0.022 a

6.234 ± 0.054 a

6.768 ± 0.017 a

6.530 ± 0.079 a

6.237 ± 0.255 a

6.564 ± 0.030 a

12.582 ± 0.049 a

11.912 ± 0.042 b

12.162 ± 0.018 ab

12.550 ± 0.237 a

12.206 ± 0.088 ab

7.814 ± 0.011 a

7.911 ± 0.008 a

7.872 ± 0.062 a

7.851 ± 0.062 a

7.845 ± 0.052 a

10.113 ± 0.045 a

9.813 ± 0.027 a

9.676 ± 0.272 a

9.929 ± 0.07 a

9.573 ± 0.388 a

1.660 ± 0.005 a

1.574 ± 0.003 a

1.584 ± 0.005 a

1.646 ± 0.044 a

1.591 ± 0.009 a

4.782 ± 0.190 b

6.513 ± 0.168 a

5.903 ± 0.273 ab

5.193 ± 0.496 b

5.853 ± 0.077 ab

80.214 ± 0.135 b

81.195 ± 0.043 a

80.312 ± 0.064 ab

79.909 ± 0.417 b

80.368 ± 0.122 ab