Table 1.
Linear model (LM) analyses of phylum abundances for bacteria and fungi from metatatoxonomic (16S and ITS) and metagenomic (MG) strategies.
| 16S | MG | ITS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacteria | |||
| Firmicutes | |||
| Treatment | 0.56 | 0.24 | – |
| Age | 0.93 | 0.64 | – |
| Treatment*Age | 0.51 | 0.00 | – |
| Proteobacteria | |||
| Treatment | 13.61** | 38.92*** | – |
| Age | 0.74 | 1.33 | – |
| Treatment*Age | 10.08* | 0.18 | – |
| Actinobacteria | |||
| Treatment | 8.68* | 24.67** | – |
| Age | 0.00 | 0.00 | – |
| Treatment*Age | 0.27 | 0.05 | – |
| Bacteroidetes | |||
| Treatment | 0.33 | 3.14 | – |
| Age | 0.27 | 7.80* | – |
| Treatment*Age | 2.19 | 0.24 | – |
| Fungi | |||
| Ascomycota | |||
| Treatment | – | 0.76 | 0.40 |
| Age | – | 0.98 | 1.30 |
| Treatment*Age | – | 1.01 | 1.38 |
| Basidiomycota | |||
| Treatment | – | 0.95 | 0.32 |
| Age | – | 1.01 | 1.17 |
| Treatment*Age | – | 0.99 | 1.06 |
The significance of LMs was estimated using ANOVA of Treatment III with Satterthwaite approximation for 1 degree of freedom. For each test, we report the relevant F statistic (F) and significance [P(>F)] as
*
p < 0.05,
**
p < 0.01,
***
p < 0.001. MG, metagenomic analysis.