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. 2020 Jun 18;14(10):2488–2504. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0701-8

Fig. 5. Environmental drivers of niche separation among comammox Nitrospira and canonical nitrifiers.

Fig. 5

Spearman’s correlations (r) between the significant environmental factors (selected in the dbRDA) and abundance ratios of comammox Nitrospira and canonical nitrifiers are provided. Asterisks denote the significance of correlations (****p = 0.0001, ***0.0001 < p < 0.001, **0.001 < p < 0.01 and *0.01 < p < 0.05). Colored lines indicate the ordinary least square linear regressions, with the shaded area representing 95% confidence intervals. NH3-N ammonia, TN total nitrogen, TOC total organic carbon, TP total phosphorus, Temp temperature, DO dissolved oxygen. The abundance ratios of comammox Nitrospira and AOB or AOA are based on the normalized amoA gene hits. The abundance ratios of comammox Nitrospira and canonical Nitrospira sublineages I/II are based on the normalized reads mapped to 37 EMGs.