Table 3.

Modeling the effects of physicochemical parameters of honeys with different floral origins and tested bacterial strains on the antimicrobial activity of honeys collected from the Sahara desert of Algeria.

Variables	Sum Sq.	Df	F	P	Sig
Bacterial strains	2340.3	3	67.11	< 0.001	***
Floral origins	1207.8	7	14.84	< 0.001	***
Bacterial strains × Floral origins	2554.3	21	10.46	< 0.001	***
Water content (WC)	49.6	1	4.27	0.040	*
pH	10.2	1	0.88	0.349	ns
Electrical conductivity (EC)	84.6	1	7.28	0.007	**
Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF)	12.4	1	1.06	0.303	ns
Total sugars	41.3	1	3.55	0.060	ns
Reducing sugars	51.5	1	4.43	0.036	*
Pollen density	27.0	1	2.32	0.128	ns
Proline	< 0.1	1	< 0.01	0.973	ns
Residuals	3998.9	344

Sum Sq., sum of squares; Df, degrees of freedom; F, F-statistic; P, P-value; Sig, significance codes;

^***P < 0.001,

^**P < 0.01,

^*P < 0.05,

ns, not significant: P > 0.05.