Table 2 Correlation analysis of α-diversity indices and amoA genes for ammonium-oxidizing microorganism and soil physicochemical properties.
pH | NN | AN | AP | AK | TN | OM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AOA | amoA gene copy numbers | 0.893** | − 0.717** | − 0.444 | − 0.712** | 0.383 | 0.073 | − 0.366 |
ACE | − 0.405 | 0.514 | − 0.109 | 0.348 | 0.322 | − 0.320 | 0.326 | |
Chao 1 | − 0.319 | 0.553 | − 0.125 | 0.449 | 0.216 | − 0.361 | 0.176 | |
Shannon | − 0.339 | 0.467 | 0.353 | − 0.233 | 0.459 | − 0.766** | 0.320 | |
Simpson | 0.571 | − 0.643* | − 0.438 | 0.018 | − 0.316 | 0.666* | − 0.345 | |
AOB | amoA gene copy numbers | − 0.868** | 0.660* | 0.492 | 0.746** | − 0.470 | − 0.007 | 0.354 |
ACE | 0.128 | 0.363 | 0.053 | 0.258 | − 0.047 | − 0.336 | 0.146 | |
Chao 1 | − 0.046 | 0.460 | − 0.009 | 0.203 | 0.023 | − 0.372 | 0.229 | |
Shannon | − 0.934** | 0.559 | 0.469 | 0.584* | − 0.400 | 0.073 | 0.369 | |
Simpson | 0.957** | − 0.544 | − 0.496 | − 0.501 | 0.399 | − 0.066 | − 0.316 |