Table 3 Linear regression values for 10 individual non-farmers mixed at various frequencies with a paired farmer.

From: Social amoeba farmers carry defensive symbionts to protect and privatize their crops

Non-farmer

Farmer host-associated bacteria

R 2

P -value

QS1

B. xenovorans LB400

0.834

0.002

QS9

B. xenovorans LB400

0.857

0.001

QS14

B. xenovorans LB400

0.917

<0.001

QS17

B. xenovorans LB400

0.857

0.001

QS160

B. xenovorans LB400

0.853

0.001

NC75.2

B. xenovorans LB400

0.815

0.002

QS6

S. maltophilia K279

0.777

0.004

QS154

B. phytofirmans psJN

0.799

0.003

QS158

Burkholderia sp CCGE1003

0.681

0.012

NC174

Burkholderia sp CCGE1003

0.231

0.227

  1. B. phytofirmans psJN, Burkholderia phytofirmans psJN; B. xenovorans LB400, Burkholderia xenovorans LB400; S. maltophilia K279, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia K279.
  2. All of the non-farmers except NC174 produced significantly fewer spores at higher concentrations of farmers.
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