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. 2021 Feb 1;12:629169. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.629169

TABLE 1.

Spearman’s rank correlations between the community composition of different microbial communities and soil physicochemical factors and enzymes activity.

Community composition Soil parameters
Soil function
pH OM P CEC K Na Ca Mg C/N ratio N% Soil moisture β-gluc Pho Nag
Total bacteria 0.697* 0.600 0.224 0.198 0.055 0.200 0.564 0.188 0.806* 0.718* 0.103 0.055 0.382 0.224
Active bacteria 0.261 0.224 0.588 0.471 0.030 0.164 0.661* 0.582 0.103 0.576 0.321 0.588 0.067 0.648*
Total fungi 0.455 0.721* 0.285 0.564 0.176 0.103 0.382 0.194 0.430 0.235 0.636* 0.370 0.745* 0.673*
Active fungi 0.467 0.491 0.673* 0.595 0.261 0.588 0.661* 0.594 0.188 0.254 0.261 0.321 0.600 0.079

Significant ρ values are indicated in bold* (p < 0.05), and marginal significant are indicated in italic (p < 0.1). β-gluc, β-glucosidase; Pho, acid phosphatase; Nag, N-acetyl-glucosaminidase.