Figure 5
From: Copolymers enhance selective bacterial community colonization for potential root zone applications
Bacterial abundance and alpha diversity in microcosms after 7 days. (A) Bacterial abundance within hydrogels incubated in an agricultural soil for 7 days at 25 °C compared to the original dry soil (negative control), and soil treated as above but without hydrogel (positive control), as seen by 16 S rRNA gene qPCR (n = 5, except for PAA n = 3). (B) The comparable number of OTUs in the respective samples (n = 5). Different letters represent statistical significant (P < 0.05) based on PRIMER-E test.
