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. 2016 Sep;105:126–136. doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2016.03.021

Table 5.

Pearson’s linear correlation coefficients between abundance of the two genes and soil chemical data obtained in Homabay and Busia sites at EC30 and EC90.

Prokaryotic group EOC (mg kg−1) EON (mg kg−1) NH4+ (mg kg−1) NO3+ (mg kg−1) pH (H2O)
Total bacteria 0.253* n.s. n.s. −0.325* n.s.
Total archaea n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. 0.365**
Bacterial amoA gene 0.263* n.s. n.s. 0.320* n.s.
Archaeal amoA gene n.s. −0.387** −0.418** −0.374* n.s.

Significance levels: n.s.: P > 0.05; *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.