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. 2024 Jul 11;7:846. doi: 10.1038/s42003-024-06522-w

Fig. 5. Community composition and differential abundance analysis of microbial communities in bulk soil across fertilization treatments.

Fig. 5

Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) ordination plots of a diazotroph communities (based on nifH genes) (stress value = 0.12) and b general microbial communities (based on 16S rRNA genes) (stress value = 0.09) in bulk soil from all investigated fertilization treatments (unfertilized—gray; N—yellow, NPK—red; P—blue) based on Bray–Curtis metric. Years correspond to the sampling timepoints of the respective soil (unfertilized—2014, N—2014, P—2014, NPK—2018). Ellipses indicate the 95% confidence interval. Venn diagrams depict shared and unique OTUs of sequenced c diazotroph and d general microbial communities across investigated fertilization treatments. e Differential abundance analysis (DESeq2) results showing significantly (p < 0.05) differentially abundant nifH OTUs in bulk soils across investigated fertilization treatments. Pairwise treatment comparisons are indicated on top of each panel, and log2 fold-change values (x-axis) are shown. Dots, colored by order, represent significantly differentially abundant OTUs.