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. 2017 Oct 17;5:e3930. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3930

Figure 2. Non-metric multi-dimensional scaling plots of (A) bacteria; and, (B) fungi grouped according to treatments.

Figure 2

Impact of tillage treatment on soil microbial community composition. Plots are non-metric multi-dimensional scaling plots of (A) bacterial; and, (B) fungal community data grouped according to treatments: (triangle-down) Permanent pasture, (square) Permanent fallow, (diamond) Intensive tillage, (triangle-up) Moderate tillage, (circle) No-till. The scaling is based on a Bray-Curtis similarity matrix of ARISA profiles. All data are from soil samples of 0–7.5 cm depth. 2D stress values are 0.21 and 0.23 for bacterial and fungal data, respectively. PERMANOVA revealed significant treatment effects for both bacterial and fungal communities (p < 0.001).