Table 2.

Spearman rank correlation table of measured environmental parameters and gene copy numbers of Ga-FeOB and type Ia, Ib, and II MOB.

	Elevation	Moisture (%)	Organic matter	WFPS	Type Ia	Type Ib	Type II
Elevation
Moisture (%)	−0.54
Organic matter	−0.08	0.21
WFPS	−0.28	0.14	0.03
Type Ia	0.24	−0.38	−0.16	−0.33
Type Ib	0.29	−0.25	−0.27	−0.28	0.55
Type II	0.07	−0.21	−0.30	−0.30	0.60	0.58
FeOB	0.52	−0.44	−0.20	0.29	0.58	0.63	0.59

Values in bold are statistically different (p < 0.05).

WFPS, water filled pore space.