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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

From: The core bacterial microbiome of banana (Musa spp.)

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

  1. P < 0.05*, P < 0.01**, P < 0.001***
  2. The results are for the Musa (AAA Group, Cavendish Subgroup) ‘Williams’ plants grown in five distinct soils in our pot experiment
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Environmental Microbiome

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