Reply to the ‘Comment on “Graphene oxide regulates the bacterial community and exhibits property changes in soil”’ by C. Forstner, P. Wang, P. M. Kopittke and P. G. Dennis, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, DOI: 10.1039/C5RA26329H

In response to the comment by Forstner and coworkers with regard to our paper ‘Graphene oxide regulates the bacterial community and exhibits property changes in soil’, we clarify the experimental design and data analysis, and provide additional information for discussion.