Table 1 Correlations between microbial community and environmental variables using the Mantel test.

From: A preliminary examination of bacterial, archaeal, and fungal communities inhabiting different rhizocompartments of tomato plants under real-world environments

Environmental variables

Bacteria

Archaea

Fungi

B

R

E

B

R

E

B

R

E

pH

0.603**

0.398**

0.097

0.417**

0.208

−0.043

0.270*

0.279*

0.080

EC

0.283

0.281*

0.131

0.195

0.197

−0.039

0.356**

0.391**

−0.128

OM

0.238

0.259*

0.203

0.165

0.001

−0.122

0.028

0.099

−0.091

TN

0.483**

0.343**

0.125

0.341*

0.148

−0.112

0.154

0.203*

−0.085

Avail. P2O5

0.241

0.066

−0.054

0.151

0.012

−0.249

0.063

0.078

0.008

K+

0.334*

0.247*

0.144

0.213

0.001

−0.1

0.201

0.241*

0.175

Ca2+

0.353*

0.405**

0.218

0.259

0.235

−0.083

0.159

0.192

−0.167

Mg2+

0.508*

0.464**

0.205

0.399*

0.348*

−0.049

0.295**

0.365**

−0.117

Na+

0.254

0.310**

0.039

0.178

0.154

−0.045

0.269*

0.340**

−0.088

  1. Bray-Curtis dissimilarity was calculated for the microbial community composition, and Euclidean distance was calculated for the environmental variables. The numbers indicate the Mantel statistic (r) value, with significance as indicated (**p < 0.001, *p < 0.01). Abbreviations: B, bulk soil; R, rhizosphere; E, endosphere; EC, electrical conductivity; OM, organic matter; TN, total nitrogen; Avail., available.
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