Table 2.
The influence of soil on the numbers of observed bacterial OTUs and community composition (Hellinger transformed OTUs) within each compartment, as assessed by ANOVA and PERMANOVA, respectively
| Compartment | Number of observed OTUs | Community composition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F value | P value | F value | R2 (%) | P value | |
| Bulk soil | 3.2 | 0.022* | 3.8 | 25.2 | < 0.001*** |
| Apical ectorhizosphere | 3.5 | 0.014* | 3.1 | 21.8 | < 0.001*** |
| Apical endorhizosphere | 7.0 | < 0.001*** | 2.5 | 19.5 | < 0.001*** |
| Basal ectorhizosphere | 6.9 | < 0.001*** | 4.2 | 27.0 | < 0.001*** |
| Basal endorhizosphere | 2.7 | 0.045* | 2.5 | 18.3 | < 0.001*** |
| Rhizome | 1.1 | 0.385 | 1.7 | 13.3 | < 0.001*** |
| Pseudostem | 2.2 | 0.085 | 3.1 | 22.9 | < 0.001*** |
| Leaf | 1.0 | 0.394 | 1.2 | 9.6 | 0.226 |
P < 0.05*, P < 0.01**, P < 0.001***
The results are for the Musa (AAA Group, Cavendish Subgroup) ‘Williams’ plants grown in five distinct soils in our pot experiment