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Table 3 Correlations between relative abundance of most prevalent (> 80%) microbial (bacteria and protista) taxa at lowest taxonomic levels, 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

Lowest taxonomic level

Culicoides

TN

TC

OM

Bacteria

Acidobacteria Gp6

− 0.11

− 0.17

− 0.19

− 0.07

Rhizobiales

− 0.25

0.02

− 0.23

0.13

Anaerolineaceae

0.5

− 0.4

− 0.17

− 0.46

Betaproteobacteria

− 0.67

0.74

0.74

0.71

Acidobacteria Gp16

0.23

− 0.39

− 0.5

− 0.41

Gaiella

− 0.05

− 0.2

− 0.27

− 0.11

Actinobacteria

− 0.2

− 0.12

− 0.25

− 0.05

Thermoleophilia

0.05

− 0.09

− 0.2

0

Bacillaceae

0.39

− 0.53

− 0.59

− 0.43

Chloroflexi

0.46

− 0.29

− 0.15

− 0.35

Luteolibacter

0.02

0.02

− 0.09

0

Steroidobacteraceae

− 0.19

0.65

0.71

0.52

Bacteroidetes

0.01

0.54

0.62

0.45

Subdivision3

− 0.07

0.22

0.14

0.1

Intrasporangiaceae

0.64

− 0.83

− 0.7

− 0.85

Acidimicrobiales

0.06

− 0.18

− 0.31

− 0.1

Clostridium_sensu_stricto

0.41

− 0.33

− 0.35

− 0.34

Caldilineaceae

− 0.37

0.81

0.84

0.67

Comamonadaceae

− 0.14

0.2

0.3

0.11

Acidobacteria Gp17

− 0.78

0.72

0.67

0.7

Rhodobacteraceae

− 0.45

0.68

0.58

0.57

Sphingomonas

0.52

− 0.71

− 0.61

− 0.71

Solirubrobacterales

0.31

− 0.52

− 0.64

− 0.44

Pirellulales

− 0.54

0.81

0.64

0.85

Deltaproteobacteria

− 0.68

0.73

0.61

0.76

Coriobacteriia

0.44

− 0.45

− 0.51

− 0.42

Burkholderiales

− 0.21

0.63

0.79

0.5

Gammaproteobacteria

− 0.54

0.5

0.4

0.59

Hyphomicrobium

− 0.48

0.62

0.44

0.58

Planococcaceae

0.43

− 0.48

− 0.49

− 0.43

Chitinophagaceae

− 0.34

0.6

0.49

0.52

Protista

Sandonidae

− 0.08

0.01

− 0.11

− 0.03

Monocystis

− 0.24

0.4

0.58

0.32

Cercozoa

0.07

− 0.14

− 0.22

− 0.09

Navicula

0.27

− 0.4

− 0.46

− 0.43

Pinnularia

0.08

− 0.1

0.19

− 0.19

Leidyana

− 0.22

0.27

0.15

0.37

Rhogostoma

0.19

− 0.23

− 0.11

− 0.18

Sphaeropleales

− 0.13

0.35

0.25

0.22

Peronosporales

0.27

− 0.36

− 0.22

− 0.27

Hypotrichia

0.34

− 0.24

0

− 0.27

Vaucheria

0.12

− 0.1

0.1

− 0.15

Actinocephalidae

− 0.39

0.3

0.22

0.38

Paracercomonas

0.06

0.05

0

0.15

Chlamydomonadales

0.34

− 0.51

− 0.6

− 0.51

Prismatospora

− 0.43

0.81

0.75

0.69

Nolandellidae

0.43

− 0.29

− 0.2

− 0.17

Colpodida

0.14

− 0.13

0.22

− 0.18

Pythium

0.19

− 0.25

− 0.16

− 0.24

Syncystis

− 0.29

0.6

0.56

0.49

Sandonidae1

0.23

− 0.31

− 0.44

− 0.23

Oomycota

− 0.42

0.35

0.31

0.33

Anurofeca

− 0.15

0.35

0.24

0.24

Glissomonadida

0.36

− 0.53

− 0.57

− 0.52

Sandona

0.25

− 0.14

− 0.19

0.04

Prorodon

0.3

− 0.45

− 0.5

− 0.45

Eustigmatophyceae

0.11

− 0.09

− 0.25

− 0.14

Surirella

0.3

− 0.42

− 0.42

− 0.43

NC12B lineage

0.56

− 0.57

− 0.61

− 0.57

Sessilida

0.19

0.01

0.03

0.13

Eocercomonas

− 0.16

0.19

0.12

0.34

Cercomonas

− 0.22

0.14

− 0.01

0.26

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