Table 5.
Person’s rank correlations between the relative abundances of dominant bacteria groups and measured soil characteristics.
| Bacteria group | pH | TC | TN | C/N | AN | TP | AP | TK | AK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phylun | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Proteobacteria | -0.456 | -0.093 | -0.047 | 0.044 | -0.162 | -0.316 | -0.837∗∗ | -0.706 | -0.337 |
| Acidobacteria | -0.169 | -0.560 | -0.594 | 0.121 | -0.505 | 0.042 | -0.629 | 0.227 | -0.772∗ |
| Actinobacteria | -0.445 | 0.871∗∗ | 0.894∗∗ | -0.031 | 0.860∗∗ | 0.415 | 0.177 | -0.355 | 0.614 |
| Verrucomicrobia | -0.168 | 0.387 | 0.469 | -0.351 | 0.504 | -0.067 | -0.271 | -0.359 | 0.426 |
| Chloroflexi | 0.932∗∗ | -0.215 | -0.234 | -0.026 | -0.225 | -0.509 | 0.357 | 0.025 | 0.322 |
| Bacteroidetes | 0.475 | -0.150 | -0.204 | 0.124 | -0.232 | -0.046 | 0.716∗ | 0.377 | 0.200 |
| Gemmatimonadetes | 0.452 | 0.184 | 0.144 | 0.210 | 0.055 | -0.464 | -0.129 | -0.716∗ | 0.498 |
| Planctomycetes | -0.440 | -0.235 | -0.230 | 0.073 | -0.217 | 0.039 | -0.461 | -0.346 | -0.307 |
| Firmicutes | 0.235 | -0.415 | -0.409 | -0.108 | -0.414 | 0.029 | 0.701 | 0.771∗ | -0.230 |
| Nitrospirae | 0.796∗ | 0.317 | 0.271 | 0.004 | 0.349 | -0.078 | 0.520 | 0.075 | 0.702 |
| Genus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nitrobacter | -0.491 | -0.212 | -0.150 | -0.015 | -0.296 | -0.406 | -0.754∗ | -0.700 | -0.340 |
| Candidatus-Solibacter | -0.550 | -0.336 | -0.321 | -0.016 | -0.256 | 0.210 | -0.626 | 0.177 | -0.737∗ |
| Acidothermus | -0.809∗ | 0.406 | 0.461 | -0.110 | 0.451 | 0.452 | -0.215 | -0.099 | -0.090 |
| Pseudolabrys | -0.183 | -0.453 | -0.435 | -0.175 | -0.325 | 0.223 | -0.082 | 0.738∗ | -0.626 |
| Bryobacter | -0.415 | -0.530 | -0.573 | 0.199 | -0.502 | 0.245 | -0.500 | 0.264 | -0.835∗ |
| Variibacter | -0.423 | 0.349 | 0.495 | -0.530 | 0.397 | -0.199 | -0.254 | -0.126 | 0.205 |
| Haliangium | -0.518 | 0.381 | 0.559 | -0.666 | 0.465 | -0.083 | 0.165 | -0.069 | 0.400 |
| Rhizomicrobium | -0.503 | -0.476 | -0.539 | 0.372 | -0.541 | 0.192 | -0.531 | -0.053 | -0.791∗ |
| H16 | 0.578 | 0.262 | 0.295 | -0.282 | 0.400 | -0.179 | 0.077 | 0.056 | 0.459 |
| Reyranella | -0.650 | 0.221 | 0.334 | -0.256 | 0.172 | -0.280 | -0.607 | -0.613 | 0.002 |
TC, Total Carbon; TN, Total Nitrogen; C/N, oxC-N ration; AN, Available Nitrogen; TP, Total Phosphorus; AP, Available Phosphorus; TK, Total Kalium; AK, Available Kalium. ∗∗Correlation significant at 0.01 level (two-tailed); ∗Correlation significant at 0.05 level (two-tailed).