Table 1 Calculation of the correlation coefficient between the nonmetric multidimensional scaling plot and experimental or environmental factors.

From: Alterations in the airborne bacterial community during Asian dust events occurring between February and March 2015 in South Korea

Factors

Correlation coefficient with axis 1

P-value

Correlation coefficient with axis 2

P-value

16S rRNA gene copy number

−0.55085

0.006918

0.094531

0.679398

PM10 concentration

−0.46113

0.029708

−0.01391

0.461337

Temperature

−0.18942

0.403281

0.08213

0.719742

Wind speed

−0.12898

0.571823

−0.18204

0.422291

Humidity

0.119897

0.599482

−0.07429

0.745606

  1. P-values < 0.05 mean that the indicated factor is correlated with the direction of plot axis. 16S rRNA gene copy number and PM10 concentration, but not other factors, were significantly correlated with the negative direction along axis1 of the plots.
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