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. 2016 Apr 22;25:1047–1060. doi: 10.1007/s10646-016-1661-7

Table 2.

Phospholipid biomarker loadings on the PC1 and PC2 obtained from the analysis of the PLFA profiles

Biomarkers of PLFA Orchard Grassland
PC1 PC2 PC1 PC2
Gram-positive
 i15:0 −0.95 0.20 0.84 −0.42
 a15:0 −0.71 0.65 0.94 0.07
 i16:0 0.91 −0.37 0.99 −0.04
 i17:0 −0.37 −0.63 0.77 −0.58
 a17:0 −0.47 0.52 0.91 0.32
Gram-negative
 16:1ω7c −0.71 0.59 0.98 0.12
 cy17:0 0.91 −0.34 0.93 −0.29
 18:1ω7c 0.97 0.11 0.98 0.14
 cy19:0 −0.59 0.79 0.89 −0.34
Actinomycetal
 10Me16:0 0.87 0.31 0.95 0.16
 10Me17:0 −0.23 −0.74 0.89 0.35
 10Me18:0 −0.51 0.81 0.96 −0.09
Fungal
 18:2ω6.9c 0.76 0.51 −0.73 0.38
 18:1ω9c 0.95 −0.15 0.98 0.14

High correlation (r > 0.75) with PC axes of phospholipid biomarkers is bold