Wenpeng Houhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0335-7796,¹ Chao Xia,¹ Michael J. Christensen,² Jianfeng Wang,^1,* Xiuzhang Li,^1,3 Tao Chen,¹ Zhibiao Nan<sup>1

1</sup>State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems Lanzhou University; Center for Grassland Microbiome; Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs); Engineering Research Center of Grassland Ind
²Retired from AgResearch, Grasslands Research Centre, Private Bag 11-008, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand.
³State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai Academy of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai 810016, PR China.

^*Corresponding author. Email: wangjf12@lzu.edu.cn