Fig. 2: The bacterial community composition in endophytic and rhizosphere soil samples of two kiwi cultivars.

a The relative abundance of the bacteria genera. Number showed the number of significantly (P < 0.05) differentiated bacterial genera between ‘Hongyang’ and ‘Hayward’ by student’s t-test. HY: Hongyang; HWD: Hayward. b Biomarker species in the rhizosphere soil of ‘Hongyang’ and ‘Hayward’ were identified through LEfSe analysis (LDA score >4, P < 0.05). Bacterial taxonomic at the genus level are denoted by the prefix g_. c OTUs with a relative abundance greater than 0.5% in the Flavobacterium in rhizosphere soil. Error bars represent the standard deviation of three replicates, and significant differences (determined by ANOVA with a significance level of P < 0.05) are denoted by *.