Table 3 The ANOVA table depicting the effect of fertilization and aggregate size on the dependent variables.

From: Contrasting response of fungal versus bacterial residue accumulation within soil aggregates to long-term fertilization

Soil parameters

P value

Fertilization (F)

Aggregate size (A)

F × A

Soil aggregate composition

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Organic C content

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.034

PLFAs content

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Fungi/Bacteria

0.001

0.001

 < 0.001

Gram(+)/Gram(−)

 < 0.001

0.001

 < 0.001

AMF/SF

 < 0.001

0.001

0.001

Amino sugar content

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

MurA content

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

GluN content

 < 0.001

0.001

0.002

GluN/MurA

0.065

 < 0.001

0.003

Amino sugars/PLFAs

0.020

 < 0.001

0.002

The proportion of bacterial residues in SOC

 < 0.001

0.204

0.023

The proportion of fungal residues in SOC

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.244

The proportion of microbial residues in SOC

 < 0.001

0.083

0.725

Fungal residues/bacterial residues

0.087

 < 0.001

0.004

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