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Microorganisms actively participate in biogeochemical cycling processes and play a crucial role in maintaining the dynamic balance of hot spring ecosystems. However, the distribution of microbial functional genes and their influencing factors in hot springs remain largely unclear. Therefore, this study investigated the microbial functional genes and their potential for controlling biogeochemical cycles (C, N, S, and P) in the hot Springs of Tengchong, China, using the Geochip method, a functional gene microarray technology. The examined hot springs have very different microbial functional genes. A total of 22 736 gene probe signals were identified, belonging to 567 functional genes and associated with 15 ecological functions, mainly involving stress response, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, sulfur cycle, phosphorus cycle and energy processes. The
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