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. 2022 May 24;13:830905. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.830905

TABLE 2.

Relative abundances of microbial phyla present in barley rhizosphere and bulk soil samples, either treated with rhizosphere microbiome transplant (RMT) or as control (Ctrl).

Rhizosphere Bulk soil


Ctrl RMT Ctrl RMT


Bgh +Bgh Bgh +Bgh
Proteobacteria 57.91a 54.92a 53.16a 58.61a 59.81a 63.06a
Bacteroidetes 22.35a 25.15a 26.21a 22.85a 27.77a 24.26b
Firmicutes 17.15a 15.51ab 8.98bc 6.47c 8.15a 5.44a
Actinobacteria 1.33b 2.84b 6.35a 6.45a 2.77a 2.78a
Verrucomicrobia 1.11b 1.36b 2.43a 1.29b 1.41a 2.06a
Patescibacteria 0.11b 0.10b 2.22ab 3.73a 0.00a 1.54a
Rare phyla (≤ 1%) 0.03 0.12 0.36 0.29 0.07 0.39

Barley was additionally infected with Bgh (+Bgh) or not (–Bgh). Different letters indicate significant differences (Tukey’s test p ≤ 0.05), rhizosphere and bulk soil samples were statistically analyzed separately.