Table 2. Pearson’s correlation coefficient and p value between viability and viscosity, WHC or pH for the strains R. etliCFN42^T, S. mexicanum ITTG R7^T, and R. calliandrae LBP2-1^Tkept on PEAT, PSB, CMCS, and YEMM for 240 days.

		Viability
		R. etli CFN42T		S. mexicanum ITTG R7T		R. calliandrae LBP2-1T
Carrier		R value	p value	R value	p value	R value	p value
YEMM	pH	0.969	< 0.001	0.324	0.189	0.737	< 0.001
	Viscosity	−0.280	0.261	−0.560	0.019	−0.498	0.036
CMCS	pH	0.335	0.175	−0.198	0.432	−0.837	< 0.001
	Viscosity	−0.609	0.007	0.942	< 0.001	0.966	< 0.001
PSB	pH	−0.323	0.191	0.053	0.835	0.361	0.141
	WHC	−0.084	0.740	0.254	0.310	0.495	0.037
PEAT	pH	−0.140	0.579	0.626	0.006	0.159	0.526
	WHC	0.253	0.310	−0.097	0.702	−0.128	0.613