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. 2015 Jul 21;5:12263. doi: 10.1038/srep12263

Table 3. PERMANOVA table showing differences in the bacterial and fungal community structures between soil origins (i.e. riverbed and gravel plain), treatments (i.e. F, LR, HR and C) and sampling times (4h, 1, 2, 8, 12, 28, and 36 days), and differences among soil origins and treatments at the different sampling times (all treatments combined).

  Fungal community
Bacterial community
DF F P DF F P
All sampling times
 soil origins 1, 163 32.15 0.001* 1, 167 19.63 0.001*
 treatment 3, 163 1.49 0.051* 3, 167 5.19 0.001*
 sampling 6, 163 1.88 0.001* 6, 167 6.94 0.001*
 soil origins : treatment 3, 163 1.43 0.057* 3, 167 1.68 0.038*
 soil origins: sampling 6, 163 1.58 0.004* 6, 167 1.61 0.016*
 treatment: sampling 18, 163 0.91 0.807* 18, 167 1.42 0.005*
 soil origins: treatment: sampling 18, 163 0.88 0.905* 18, 167 0.72 0.985
4 h
 soil origins 1, 22 6.89 0.001* 1, 23 5.92 0.002*
 treatments 3, 22 0.84 0.666 3, 23 0.50 0.941
 soil origins: treatments 3, 22 0.95 0.535 3, 23 0.71 0.755
1 day
 soil origins 1, 23 8.98 0.001* 1, 23 3.14 0.021*
 treatments 1, 23 1.63 0.06 3, 23 0.80 0.666
 soil origins: treatments 1, 23 1.46 0.115 3, 23 0.51 0.951
2 days
 soil origins 1, 23 4.92 0.001* 1, 23 3.85 0.012*
 treatments 1, 23 0.70 0.923 3, 23 0.63 0.838
 soil origins: treatments 1, 23 0.71 0.898 3, 23 0.60 0.839
8 days
 soil origins 1, 23 2.87 0.001* 1, 23 4.13 0.003*
 treatments 1, 23 0.83 0.803 3, 23 2.20 0.018*
soil origins: treatments 1, 23 0.84 0.810 3, 23 0.79 0.663
12 days
 soil origins 1, 23 4.63 0.001* 1, 23 1.79 0.146
 treatments 1, 23 1.13 0.294 3, 23 4.60 0.001*
 soil origins: treatments 1, 23 0.77 0.859 3, 23 1.29 0.237
28 days
 soil origins 1, 23 9.05 0.001* 1, 23 4.35 0.004*
 treatments 1, 23 0.87 0.616 3, 23 2.42 0.003*
 soil origins: treatments 1, 23 0.81 0.676 3, 23 1.05 0.383
36 days
 soil origins 1, 23 5.10 0.001* 1, 23 5.27 0.002*
 treatments 1, 23 1.17 0.214 3, 23 2.73 0.004*
 soil origins: treatments 1, 23 1.28 0.130 3, 23 1.01 0.442

F = F value, P = P value, DF = degree of freedom: numerator, total.