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. 2013 Nov 8;8(11):e78616. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078616

Table 2. Variables responsible for the changes in the abundance, richness, and composition of various bacterial groups.

Index Group Results r2 F P
Acidobacteria y = 0.166–0.320 (water content) 0.318 10.278 0.004
Proteobacteria y = −0.510+0.103 (soil pH) 0.508 22.706 <0.001
abundance Rubrobacteridae y = 0.190–0.248 (water content) 0.197 5.411 0.030
Betaproteobacteria y = 0.015+0.136 (water content) 0.441 17.361 <0.001
Deltaproteobacteria y = 0.049–0.116 (water content) 0.234 6.730 0.017
Gammaproteobacteria y = 0.007+0.117 (water content) 0.567 28.763 <0.001
Acidobacteria y = 60.525+6.677 (soil temperature) 0.239 6.902 0.015
richness Bacteroidetes y = 24.184+18.237 (water content) 0.192 5.218 0.032
Gammaproteobacteria y = 14.768+44.975 (water content) 0.462 18.878 <0.001
Bacteria y = 0.878–357.383 (TN content) 0.415 15.612 0.001
y = 0.914–297.430 (TN content) –2.213 (water content) 0.648 19.349 <0.001
Acidobacteria y = 0.326–3.938 (water content) 0.671 44.860 <0.001
composition y = 1.700–3.130 (water content) –0.199 (soil pH) 0.746 30.838 <0.001
Bacteroidetes y = 0.273–3.298 (water content) 0.298 9.330 0.006
Proteobacteria y = −2.268+0.313 (soil pH) 0.261 7.757 0.011
Deltaproteobacteria y = −2.191+0.146 (soil temperature) 0.233 6.689 0.017