Soil microeukaryotic communities and phosphorus-cycling microorganisms respond to chloropicrin fumigation and azoxystrobin application

Fumigants and fungicides are effective at controlling soil-borne pathogens but might also adversely affect soil beneficial microbes, such as soil phosphorus (P) solubilizing microbes, further altering nutrient cycling processes. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of the fumigant chloropicrin (CP) and the fungicide azoxystrobin (AZO) on soil microeukaryotes and P-cycling related soil bacteria through a greenhouse experiment. Soil microeukaryotic communities and bacterial communities containing two phosphomonoesterase encoding genes (phoC and phoD) were analysed using high-throughput sequencing methods. Results showed that, when applied at the field recommended application dosage, the fungicide AZO had no significant influence on the community structure of soil microeukaryotes and phoD-containing bacteria. However, in CP-fumigated soils, the soil microeukaryotic community composition changed from fungi-dominated to protist-dominated. CP fumigation significantly decreased the t..., Methods for dataset collection and process can be found in the publication: Wang, Y., Yang, X., Harkes, P., van Steenbrugge, J. J., Xu, M., & Geissen, V. (2024). Soil microeukaryotic communities and phosphorus-cycling microorganisms respond to chloropicrin fumigation and azoxystrobin application. Science of The Total Environment, 172871., , # Data from: Soil microeukaryotic communities and phosphorus-cycling microorganisms respond to chloropicrin fumigation and azoxystrobin application

We uploaded all the original OTU data for soil microeukaryotes and phoC-/phoD-containing bacteria, as well as the gene copy number of phoC and phoD genes.

All of our analyses and figures were based on **these two tables (CSV files)**. The analysis methods and software can be found in our publication. The script for the R code can be accessed on request.