Table 1 Pairwise comparison of similarity (ANOSIM) among microbial communities

From: Vertical stratification of microbial communities in the Red Sea revealed by 16S rDNA pyrosequencing

Sample ID

A20m

D20m

A50m

D50m

A200m

D200m

A1500m

D1500m

A20m

        

D20m

0.427

       

A50m

0.245

0.734

      

D50m

0.167

0.370

0.167

     

A200m

0.972

1.000

0.981

0.963

    

D200m

0.898

1.000

0.907

0.815

0.296

   

A1500m

0.974

1.000

1.000

1.000

0.500

1.000

  

D1500m

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.000

0.981

1.000

0.958

 
  1. The communities were revealed by T-RFLP analysis of 16S rDNA, in seawater from different depths at different sites (A for Atlantis II; D for Discovery; the sampling depths follow the A and D). Values indicated are R statistics of pairwise comparisons. An R value close to 1 indicates intersample variation is larger than intrasample (i.e., replicates) variation, whereas an R value close to 0 indicates no difference between inter- and intrasample variations. Significant R values are given in bold (P<0.05).
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