TABLE 4.

Analyses of variance of differences in elemental content of bacteria in exponential growth and bacteria that are growth limited and between bacteria that are growth limited by organic carbon, nitrogen, or phosphorus

Parameter	P
	Exponential growth vs growth limitation			P, N, or C limitation
	GCa	Isolateb	GC × isolate	GC	Isolatec	GC × isolate
Vol	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.004	0.0002
Dry wt	<0.0001	0.005	0.04	<0.0001	0.008	n.s.d
Carbon	<0.0001	n.s.	n.s.	0.006	n.s.	n.s.
Nitrogen	<0.0001	n.s.	n.s.	<0.0001	0.008	n.s.
Phosphorus	<0.0001	0.03	n.s.	0.04	<0.0001	0.006
C:V	n.s.	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	n.s.	<0.0001
C:N	n.s.	0.0003	n.s.	<0.0001	n.s.	0.002
C:P	0.001	<0.0001	n.s.	<0.0001	0.0001	0.0001
N:P	0.0001	0.005	n.s.	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Cell shape	0.0003	0.002	n.s.	<0.0001	0.04	n.s.

^aGC, growth condition.

^bIsolates 1, 2, 3, and 4.

^cIsolates 1 and 2.

^dn.s., P > 0.05.