Table 1 Pearson correlation matrix (2-tailed) between dominant phyla and parameters of soil MFCs.

From: Salinity and Conductivity Amendment of Soil Enhanced the Bioelectrochemical Degradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons

Index

I

Q

Rs

Rct

pH

EC

DHA

PPO

TPH

Alkane

PAH

I a

1

          

Q a

0.976*

1

         

0.024

         

Rsa

−0.081

−0.226

1

        

0.919

0.774

        

Rcta

−0.433

−0.574

0.925

1

       

0.567

0.426

0.075

       

pHb

0.338

0.23

−0.32

−0.298

1

      

0.662

0.770

0.680

0.702

      

ECb

0.592

0.533

0.663

0.335

0.162

1

     

0.408

0.467

0.337

0.665

0.702

     

DHAb

−0.839

−0.76

−0.461

−0.096

0.111

0.334

1

    

0.161

0.240

0.539

0.904

0.793

0.419

    

PPOb

−0.891

−0.967*

0.332

0.664

0.17

0.063

0.765*

1

   

0.109

0.033

0.668

0.336

0.687

0.882

0.027

   

TPHb

0.982*

0.993**

−0.113

−0.478

−0.004

−0.403

−0.764*

−0.788*

1

  

0.018

0.007

0.887

0.522

0.992

0.323

0.027

0.020

  

Alkaneb

0.909

0.945

−0.016

−0.393

−0.063

−0.514

−0.887**

−0.724*

0.930**

1

 

0.091

0.055

0.984

0.607

0.882

0.192

0.003

0.042

0.001

 

PAHb

0.919

0.950*

−0.013

−0.391

−0.211

−0.535

−0.867**

−0.772*

0.940**

0.966**

1

0.081

0.050

0.987

0.609

0.616

0.172

0.005

0.025

0.001

0.000

Pro b

0.451

0.282

0.833

0.607

0.106

0.387

−0.294

−0.093

0.07

0.053

−0.013

0.549

0.718

0.167

0.393

0.803

0.344

0.480

0.827

0.870

0.901

0.976

Bac b

−0.632

−0.718

−0.091

0.241

0.196

−0.578

0.172

0.432

0.04

0.062

0.101

0.368

0.282

0.909

0.759

0.642

0.133

0.684

0.286

0.926

0.884

0.812

Fir b

−0.192

0.025

−0.737

−0.669

−0.196

−0.356

0.009

−0.204

0.229

0.29

0.28

0.808

0.975

0.263

0.331

0.643

0.386

0.983

0.627

0.585

0.486

0.501

Nor b

−0.14

−0.206

−0.458

−0.252

0.621

0.556

0.553

0.362

−0.572

−0.671

−0.681

0.860

0.794

0.542

0.748

0.100

0.152

0.155

0.378

0.139

0.068

0.063

Aci b

−0.55

−0.58

−0.419

−0.091

−0.164

0.156

0.282

0.11

−0.54

−0.58

−0.431

0.450

0.420

0.581

0.909

0.697

0.712

0.498

0.795

0.167

0.132

0.286

Chl b

−0.46

−0.306

−0.845

−0.6

−0.095

0.454

0.485

0.089

−0.627

−0.671

-0.595

0.540

0.694

0.155

0.400

0.823

0.258

0.223

0.833

0.096

0.068

0.120

Gem b

0.535

0.378

0.016

−0.074

0.033

0.272

0.331

0.052

−0.222

−0.487

−0.318

0.465

0.622

0.984

0.926

0.938

0.515

0.423

0.904

0.597

0.221

0.442

Pla b

−0.415

−0.596

0.445

0.648

−0.168

0.352

0.245

0.209

−0.584

−0.625

−0.503

0.585

0.404

0.555

0.352

0.690

0.392

0.558

0.619

0.129

0.098

0.204

Cya b

−0.115

−0.32

0.859

0.874

−0.341

0.098

0.627

0.447

−0.426

−0.626

−0.46

0.885

0.680

0.141

0.126

0.408

0.818

0.096

0.266

0.292

0.097

0.251

Dei b

−0.567

−0.402

−0.747

−0.491

−0.36

−0.164

0.733*

0.446

−0.416

−0.57

−0.427

0.433

0.598

0.253

0.509

0.381

0.699

0.038

0.268

0.305

0.141

0.292

  1. I, the maximum current density; Q, charge output; Rs and Rct represent Ohmic and charge transfer resistance; EC, electrical conductivity; DHA, dehydrogenase; PPO, polyphenol oxidase; TPH, Alkane and PAH indicate degradation rates of total petroleum hydrocarbon, n-alkanes and PAHs; Pro, Bac, Fir, Nor, Aci, Chl, Gem, Pla, Cya, Dei denote Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Bacteria_norank, Acidobacteria, Chloroflexi, Gemmatimonadetes, Planctomycetes, Cyanobacteria, Deinococcus-Thermus respectively, which were top ten abundances at phylum level.
  2. an = 4.
  3. bn = 8.
  4. *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
  5. **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).