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. 2016 Jun 15;6:28235. doi: 10.1038/srep28235

Table 1. Pearson’s correlation coefficients between soil properties and soil microbial community indicators.

  OTUs Chao1 Shannon MBC
pH 0.844** 0.785** 0.588** −0.553**
SOC −0.222 −0.219 −0.172 0.169
TN −0.475* −0.403 −0.299 −0.079
C/N 0.348 0.262 0.14 0.095
AP −0.163 −0.192 −0.164 −0.018
NO3 −0.644** −0.564** −0.404 −0.018
NH4+ −0.661** −0.502* −0.392 −0.1

OTUs: operational taxonomic units (97% identity); MBC: microbial biomass carbon; SOC: soil organic carbon; TN: total nitrogen; AP: available phosphorus.

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.