Table 1.
Permutational statistical (PERMANOVA) and dispersion (PERMDISP) analyses of T-RFLP data to assess the bacterial community structure in D. fulgens over time.
| PERMANOVA |
PERMDISP |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor | Enzyme | Pseudo-F1 | P (perm)2 | F | P (perm)2 |
| Season | HaeIII | 1.9406 | 0.009 | 1.5075 | 0.302 |
| MspI | 1.9176 | 0.023 | 1.499 | 0.311 | |
| Month (within seasons) | HaeIII | 1.8058 | 0.001 | NA | NA |
| MspI | 1.6142 | 0.001 | NA | NA | |
| Month | HaeIII | 2.171 | 0.001 | 2.071 | 0.433 |
| MspI | 1.8612 | 0.001 | 4.1679 | 0.066 | |
Results are shown for the factors seasonal and month (within seasons), the single factor month, and for both restriction enzymes (HaeIII and MspI). NA: not analyzed.
1Pseudo-F = multivariate analog of Fisher’s F statistic (i.e., ratio of variance).
2P(perm) = Permutational P value (i.e., proportion of permuted pseudo-F statistics ≥ the original pseudo-F).