Table 4 Soil microbial community composition under different treatments.

From: Changes in soil microbial community composition and organic carbon fractions in an integrated rice–crayfish farming system in subtropical China

Microbial community composition (nmol·g−1)

0–10 cm

10–20 cm

20–30 cm

30–40 cm

MR

CR

MR

CR

MR

CR

MR

CR

Total bacteria

24.84 ± 2.81a

28.75 ± 2.45a

23.45 ± 3.00a

24.62 ± 2.95a

19.71 ± 1.11a

22.12 ± 2.61a

8.20 ± 1.11b

12.07 ± 1.43a

G + bacteria

12.28 ± 1.82a

14.35 ± 0.92a

13.33 ± 1.35a

12.46 ± 1.83a

11.15 ± 1.31a

11.06 ± 0.91a

5.26 ± 0.55a

6.58 ± 0.99a

G− bacteria

15.84 ± 1.61a

17.94 ± 1.67a

12.80 ± 1.17a

14.71 ± 1.47a

10.62 ± 0.89b

13.66 ± 0.97a

3.60 ± 0.54b

6.62 ± 1.01a

Actinomycetes

6.01 ± 0.38b

7.76 ± 0.79a

7.02 ± 0.73a

7.07 ± 1.34a

6.00 ± 0.89a

6.12 ± 0.53a

3.19 ± 0.34a

3.67 ± 0.47a

Fungi

3.87 ± 0.32a

3.58 ± 0.37a

2.99 ± 0.23a

3.14 ± 0.37a

2.44 ± 0.23a

2.67 ± 0.34a

0.84 ± 0.13b

1.35 ± 0.13a

F/B

0.16 ± 0.02a

0.13 ± 0.00b

0.13 ± 0.01a

0.13 ± 0.01a

0.12 ± 0.00a

0.12 ± 0.01a

0.10 ± 0.00a

0.11 ± 0.01a

G+/G−

0.77 ± 0.07a

0.80 ± 0.09a

1.04 ± 0.06a

0.85 ± 0.08a

1.05 ± 0.09a

0.81 ± 0.07b

1.46 ± 0.11a

0.99 ± 0.06b

Aerobic bacteria

9.47 ± 1.17a

9.48 ± 0.91a

7.31 ± 1.32a

8.06 ± 1.53a

5.87 ± 0.53b

7.37 ± 0.61a

1.92 ± 0.62b

3.57 ± 0.58a

Anaerobic bacteria

17.35 ± 2.62a

20.88 ± 2.26 a

19.36 ± 1.99a

18.43 ± 3.74a

16.27 ± 2.13a

16.24 ± 1.80a

8.08 ± 0.97a

9.73 ± 1.53a

Aerobe/Anaerobe

0.55 ± 0.06a

0.45 ± 0.06a

0.38 ± 0.03a

0.43 ± 0.05a

0.36 ± 0.05a

0.44 ± 0.06a

0.24 ± 0.03b

0.37 ± 0.03a

AMF

1.86 ± 0.25a

2.23 ± 0.18a

1.49 ± 0.25a

1.47 ± 0.38a

1.11 ± 0.17b

1.59 ± 0.14a

0.31 ± 0.06b

0.64 ± 0.11a

  1. MR, rice monoculture model; CR, Integrated rice–crayfish model. G + , gram–positive bacteria, G−, gram–negative bacteria, F/B, ratio of fungal to bacterial PLFAs; G+/G−, the ratio of gram–positive to gram–negative bacteria; AMF, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Aerobe/Anaerobe, the ratio of aerobic to anaerobic bacteria. Means with different letters for the same property in the same soil layer indicate significant differences at p < 0.05. Values are means ± standard errors.