Table 1.
The percentage of soil bacteria infected with mitC-inducible prophage estimated using a calculated or assumed burst size in the five KBS land treatments measured at roughly monthly intervals.
| Treatment | T1 | T4 | T7 | T8 | SF2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | IF | |||||
| May | IF* | 32.28 (16.37) | 53.51 (8.95) | 66.26 (10.26) | 56.53 (4.18) | 59.02 |
| IF20# | 7.3 (6.27) | 10.91 (1.16) | 1.67 (1.11) | 2.54 (1.5) | 2.24 | |
| June | IF | 22.84 (17.72) | 64.25 (6.95) | 70.19 (6.2) | 52.08 (2.57) | 50.85 |
| IF20 | 13.03 (8.76) | 4.01 (4.78) | 1.48 (1.46) | 1.84 (1.03) | 2.13 | |
| July | IF | 42.28 (10.22) | 73.68 (7.84) | 53.92 (9.07) | 28.27 (3.53) | 48.98 |
| IF20 | 1.31 (0.29) | 1.12 (0.81) | 2.01 (1.30) | 2.27 (0.35) | 2.1 | |
| September | IF | 59.22 (5.85) | 73.47 (11.95) | 77.29 (8.03) | 67.18 (9.71) | 49.65 |
| IF20 | 1.8 (0.62) | 0.9 (0.24) | 2.35 (1.28) | 4.43 (1.41) | 1.03 | |
| October | IF | 69.40 (14.70) | 42.87 (10.10) | 62.39 (4.22) | 73.56 (12.52) | 56.42 |
| IF20 | 3.02 (1.88) | 2.45 (0.76) | 1.38 (0.24) | 2.86 (1.69) | 3.14 | |
| November | IF | 65.10 (13.73) | 62.85 (7.89) | 61.91 (5.45) | 45.34 (21.25) | 73.75 |
| IF20 | 1.14 (0.58) | 0.90 (0.51) | 0.89 (0.29) | 0.41 (0.54) | 0.62 |
Values are means of triplicate plots (except for SF2) and numbers in parentheses represent one standard deviation.
*
Inducible fraction (IF) estimated as described in Williamson et al. (2007) using a calculated burst size.
#
Inducible fraction estimated as described in Williamson et al. (2007) using an assumed burst size of 20 viruses per bacterial cell lysed.