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).
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–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.