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Table 2 Correlations between relative abundance of microbial phyla from different kingdom, soil properties and presence of biting midges

From: Habitat type and host grazing regimen influence the soil microbial diversity and communities within potential biting midge larval habitats

Kingdom

Phylum

Culicoides

TN

TC

OM

Bacteria

Acidobacteria

− 0.08

− 0.22

− 0.29

− 0.16

Actinobacteria

0.36

− 0.62

− 0.67

− 0.51

Bacteroidetes

− 0.05

0.26

0.34

0.18

Chloroflexi

0.21

0.1

0.3

− 0.04

Firmicutes

0.47

− 0.5

− 0.46

− 0.46

Planctomycetes

− 0.69

0.93

0.78

0.92

Proteobacteria

− 0.6

0.8

0.86

0.7

Verrucomicrobia

− 0.06

0.11

− 0.04

0.1

Protista

Apicomplexa

− 0.47

0.69

0.59

0.73

Cercozoa

0.06

− 0.28

− 0.42

− 0.13

Chlorophyta

− 0.04

0.24

0.14

0.12

Ciliophora

0.4

− 0.36

− 0.2

− 0.38

Conosa

0.06

− 0.31

− 0.46

− 0.23

Lobosa

0.4

− 0.47

− 0.34

− 0.36

Ochrophyta

0.3

− 0.4

− 0.21

− 0.5

Fungi

Ascomycota

− 0.15

0.08

0.06

0.22

Basidiomycota

0.08

− 0.13

0.03

− 0.14

Blastocladiomycota

0.47

− 0.56

− 0.47

− 0.51

Chytridiomycota

− 0.25

0.18

0.04

0.13

Cryptomycota

− 0.39

0.52

0.5

0.44

Metazoa

Annelida

0.01

− 0.04

− 0.08

− 0.07

Arthropoda

− 0.14

0.4

0.35

0.37

Gastrotricha

− 0.13

0.06

− 0.12

0.06

Nematoda

0.21

− 0.35

− 0.18

− 0.35

Platyhelminthes

− 0.09

0

− 0.14

0.06

Rotifera

0.09

− 0.33

− 0.38

− 0.37

  1. Significant Pearson correlation coefficients are shown in bold
  2. Culicoides = presence of Culicoides spp., TN = total nitrogen, TC = total carbon, OM = organic matter