TABLE 2.
Correlations between the bacterial community structure and environmental variables
| No. of variables | Element(s) present at: |
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|---|---|---|---|
| FG6/FG7 | IR/FG4 | LB/JSB/BF | |
| 26 | As | Ba, Cd, Al, B, Cr, Co | |
| 25 | Cu | ||
| 24 | Fe | ||
| 23 | K | ||
| 22 | Li | ||
| 19 | Mg, Mo | Mn | |
| 18 | Na | ||
| 14 | S | P, Pb | Ni |
| 10 | V, Ti, Sr | ||
| 7a | Zn | ||
A correlation between pH and FG6/FG7 was observed when only seven variables were used.