Table 3.
Spearman rank correlations between soil properties and the relative abundance of dominant bacterial and fungal phyla, and alpha diversity indices.
| Jamini | Temperature (°C) | GWC (gg-1) | pH | Organic matter (%) | Total nitrogen (mg g-1) | Available phosphorus (μg g-1) | Clay (%) | Sand (%) | Silt (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bactetial phyla | |||||||||
| Proteobacteria | 0.04 | -0.6*** | 0.52*** | -0.58*** | 0.24 | -0.11 | 0.1 | 0.08 | -0.03 |
| Acidobacteria | -0.34* | 0.61*** | -0.66*** | 0.65*** | -0.2 | 0.26 | 0.08 | -0.11 | -0.15 |
| Planctomycetes | 0.04 | -0.14 | 0.23 | 0.04 | 0.26 | -0.05 | -0.44** | 0.16 | 0.18 |
| Actinobacteria | 0.12 | -0.21 | 0.11 | -0.13 | 0.26 | -0.59 | -0.31* | 0.38** | 0.09 |
| Verrucomicrobia | 0.08 | 0.21 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.26 | -0.2 | -0.02 |
| Chloroflexi | 0.09 | -0.52*** | 0.51*** | -0.71*** | 0.17 | -0.28 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.09 |
| Fungal phyla | |||||||||
| Ascomycota | 0.08 | 0.19 | -0.11 | 0.3 | -0.05 | -0.21 | -0.37* | 0.26 | 0.1 |
| Basidiomycota | -0.09 | -0.44** | 0.27 | -0.51*** | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.29 | -0.09 | -0.12 |
| Alpha diversity bacteria | |||||||||
| OTU richness | 0.49** | -0.45** | 0.8*** | -0.45** | 0.12 | -0.05 | 0.04 | -0.07 | 0.18 |
| Shannon index | 0.51*** | -0.45** | 0.8*** | -0.48** | 0.11 | -0.02 | 0.1 | -0.07 | 0.19 |
| Alpha diversity fungi | |||||||||
| OTU richness | -0.3 | -0.28 | 0.13 | -0.4* | 0.15 | -0.41** | -0.18 | 0.26 | 0.14 |
| Shannon index | 0.03 | -0.25 | 0.25 | -0.24 | -0.03 | -0.43** | -0.35* | 0.44** | 0.12 |
∗P < 0.05; ∗∗P < 0.01; ∗∗∗P < 0.001.