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. 2015 Apr 7;6(2):e00240-15. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00240-15

TABLE 2.

Correlation analysis between microbial functional gene and soil geochemical variables, plant, and distance by partial Mantel testa

Fertilization
Soil
Plant
Distance
rM P rM P rM P rM P
All functional genes 0.138 0.010 0.198 0.003 0.181 0.001 0.165 0.001
Functional groups
    C degradation 0.119 0.011 0.200 0.002 0.163 0.001 0.153 0.002
    C fixation 0.158 0.003 0.250 0.002 0.201 0.001 0.208 0.001
Assimilatory N reduction 0.043 0.172 0.098 0.071 0.043 0.17 0.0502 0.066
Dissimilatory N reduction 0.090 0.045 0.145 0.016 0.165 0.002 0.108 0.001
Nitrification 0.015 0.362 0.045 0.275 0.100 0.027 0.067 0.048
Denitrification 0.088 0.049 0.111 0.051 0.169 0.002 0.124 0.001
N fixation 0.156 0.004 0.202 0.006 0.185 0.001 0.174 0.001
Phosphorus 0.115 0.029 0.119 0.042 0.141 0.004 0.145 0.003
Sulfur 0.166 0.003 0.232 0.002 0.189 0.001 0.199 0.001
a

The significant values (P ≤ 0.05) are indicated in boldface.