. 2022 Aug 9;7(4):e00361-22. doi: 10.1128/msystems.00361-22

TABLE 1.

R² and P values returned by PERMANOVA test for variance of fungal communities among different samples

Factor(s)	Results by factor		Results by niche/soil type
Factor(s)	R² (%)	P value^a	Comparison^b	R² (%)	P value^a
Compartment niche	42.1	0.001	Bul vs Rher	6.0	0.032
			Rher vs Rlan	45.2	0.001
			Bul vs Rlan	53.6	0.001
			Bul1 vs Rher1 vs Rlan1	66.6	0.001
			Bul2 vs Rher2 vs Rlan2	68.2	0.002
			Bul3 vs Rher3 vs Rlan3	70.2	0.001
			Bul4 vs Rher4 vs Rlan4	52.4	0.002
Soil type	18.0	0.001	Bul1 vs Bul2 vs Bul3 vs Bul4	52.0	0.001
			Rher1 vs Rher2 vs Rher3 vs Rher4	50.2	0.001
			Rlan1 vs Rlan2 vs Rlan3 vs Rlan4	32.9	0.036
Compartment niche × soil type	11.1	0.004

P values (based on 999 permutations) in bold indicate significant differences among tested samples (P < 0.05).

Abbreviations: Bul, bulk soil; Rher, rhizosphere soil; Rlan, rhizoplane. Numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 that follow the abbreviations represent different soil types.