TABLE 1.
Plant species | % Total heterotrophs (SD)a
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alkB
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ndoB
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xylE
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Root interior | Rhizosphere | Root interior | Rhizosphere | Root interior | Rhizosphere | |
Tall Fescue | 2.69 (0.1674) | 1.38 (0.1349) | 0.285 (0.05515) | 7.93 (0.3125) | 0.233 (0.04988) | 0.140 (0.04324) |
Rose clover | 3.54 (0.1912) | 2.52 (0.1813) | 0.101 (0.03286) | 1.69 (0.1491) | 0.242 (0.05083) | 0.440 (0.07655) |
Composite of mixture 2 | 3.64 (0.1937) | 2.21 (0.1700) | 0.038 (0.02016) | 2.17 (0.1685) | 0.086 (0.0303) | 0.000 |
The standard deviation of the binomial distribution is presented in parentheses. The numbers of colonies assessed for gene presence in the root interior and rhizosphere were 9,345 and 7,476, respectively.