Fig. 3: Relative abundance of bacteria, archaea, microfauna, and fungi in the rhizosphere and detritusphere.
From: Community RNA-Seq: multi-kingdom responses to living versus decaying roots in soil
SSU rRNA relative abundance was aggregated at the A phyla level for Bacteria and Archaea, and B kingdom level for Eukarya in Avena fatua rhizosphere, bulk, and root-litter-amended soils. Relative abundance percentages were calculated relative to the total number of bacterial and archaeal sequences or eukaryl sequences, respectively. Treatments (n = 3) included: bulk soil with no litter amendment (bulk-control, light green), bulk soil amended with root litter (bulk-litter, dark green), rhizosphere soil with no litter amendment (rhizosphere-control, light purple), and rhizosphere soil amended with root litter (rhizosphere-litter, dark purple). Groups that significantly differed in relative abundance with litter amendments are indicated by * (t-test: p < 0.05) (bulk-control vs. bulk-litter; rhizosphere-control vs. rhizosphere-litter); “.” indicates marginal significance (p < 0.1).
