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Detailed sample information on 59 microbial communities in coals for meta-analysis_
| ID/NCBI accession number | Sites | Primer sequences | Coal rank | Treatment | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRR9312778-SRR9312784 | Erlian Basin | 515F: GTGCCAGCMGCCGCGG | Lignite | ck (no treat | (Wang et al. 2019a) |
| SRR6998887 | Moghla | 515F: GTGCCAGCMGCCGCGGTAA | Bituminous | (Sharma et al. 2019) | |
| SRR1695964 | Queensland | 926F: AAACTYAAAKGAATTGACGG | Bituminous | (Raudsepp et al. 2016) | |
| SRR1695967 | |||||
| SRR1695969 | |||||
| SRR1695971 | |||||
| SRR5342611 | Powder River Basin | 341F: CCTACGGGNBGCASCAG | Bituminous | (Davis et al. 2018) | |
| SRR8373697-SRR8373705 | Anhui | 338F: ACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAG | Bituminous | (Liu et al. 2019) | |
| SRR8373722-SRR8373724 | |||||
| SRR8373719-SRR8373721 | Guizhou | Anthracite | |||
| SRR8373696 | Shanxi | Bituminous | |||
| SRR8373718 | |||||
| SRR8373734-SRR8373745 | |||||
| SRR8373746 | Anthracite | ||||
| SRR8373747 | |||||
| SRR7271165 | Huaibei Coalfield | 515F: GTGCCAGCMGCCGCGG | Bituminous | nutrients | (Wang et al. 2019b) |
| SRR11128868 | Konin Basin | 341F: CCTACGGGNGGCWGCAG | Lignite | (Bucha et al. 2020) | |
| SRR5826886 | New South Wales | Bituminous | (in 't Zandt et al. 2018) | ||
| SRR5826888 | |||||
| SRR5826889 | |||||
| SRR11241403 | Upper Coal Basin Silesian | Bituminous | (Pytlak et al. 2020) | ||
| SRR5397976 | Konin Basin | 314F: CCTACGGGNGGCWGCAG | Bituminous | (Detman et al. 2018) | |
| SRR7422168 | Jiaozuo | Anthracite | (Su et al. 2018) | ||
| SRR7422169 | Neimeng | Bituminous | |||
| SRR7422170 | Suzhou | Bituminous | |||
| SRR7422171 | Jingcheng | Anthracite | |||
| SRR7422172 | Hebi | Bituminous | |||
| SRR7422173 | Shaqu | Bituminous | |||
| SRR7422174 | Liyazhuang | Bituminous | |||
| SRR7422175 | Yima | Bituminous | |||
| SRR7422176 | Pingdingshan | Bituminous | |||
| SRR7422177 | Shoushan | Bituminous | |||
| SRR5342597 | Powder River Basin | 341F: CCTACGGGNBGCASCAG | Bituminous | (Davis et al. 2018) | |
| SRR5342605 | Bituminous |