Gangsheng Wang, University of Oklahoma, Institute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Microbiology & Plant Biology, Norman, OK, United States, Qun Gao, Tsinghua University, School of Environment, Beijing, China, Yunfeng Yang, Anchorage, AK, United States, Sarah E Hobbie, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Saint Paul, MN, United States, Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota Morris, Morris, MN, United States and Jizhong Zhou, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States