Table 2 Correlations between soil microbial communities and soil enzyme activities under EOM addition.

From: Effects of exogenous organic matter addition on agricultural soil microbial communities and relevant enzyme activities in southern China

Treatment

Index

PLFA of soil microbial communities

G+

G−

Actinomycetal

Fungal

Bacterial

AMF

F/B

G+/G−

Without pig manure

Cellulase

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

 − 0.63*

0.68*

BG

0.66*

ns

ns

ns

ns

0.68*

 − 0.74**

0.87**

Urease

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

0.61*

 − 0.80**

0.75**

NAG

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

0.58*

 − 0.72**

0.78**

AcP

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

With pig manure

Cellulase

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

BG

0.74**

0.68*

0.59*

ns

0.73**

ns

ns

ns

Urease

Ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

NAG

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

AcP

0.60*

0.59*

ns

ns

0.60*

ns

ns

ns

  1. Significant values are in bold.
  2. G+ Gram-positive bacteria, G − Gram-negative bacteria, AMF arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, F/B the ratio of fungal to bacterial, G+/G− the ratio of Gram-positive bacteria to Gram-negative bacteria, BG β-1,4-glucosidase, NAG N-acetyl-β-Dglucosaminidase, AcP acid phosphomonoesterase.
  3. *Significant correlation at 0.05 level (both sides), **significant correlation at 0.01 level (both sides), ns: no-significant.