From: Indoor microbiota in severely moisture damaged homes and the impact of interventions
Bacterial weighted Unifrac | Fungal Bray-Curtis | |||||||||||
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FDLR | SD | FDLR | SD | |||||||||
Variable tested | N | R | p value | N | R | p value | N | R | p value | N | R | p value |
Environmental determinants | ||||||||||||
Pets | 38 | 0.020 | 0.221 | 35 | −0.003 | 0.466 | 38 | −0.050 | 0.985 | 34 | 0.043 | 0.115 |
Season of sampling | 39 | 0.014 | 0.348 | 34 | −0.012 | 0.587 | 39 | 0.205 | 0.001 | 33 | 0.049 | 0.142 |
Urban vs. rural | 40 | −0.119 | 0.971 | 36 | 0.105 | 0.108 | 40 | 0.128 | 0.067 | 35 | 0.162 | 0.018 |
Biomass—qPCRs | ||||||||||||
Total fungi | 39 | 0.052 | 0.205 | 34 | 0.017 | 0.330 | 39 | −0.012 | 0.529 | 33 | −0.014 | 0.550 |
Gram-negative bacteria | 39 | −0.008 | 0.567 | 34 | −0.009 | 0.518 | 39 | −0.046 | 0.828 | 33 | 0.038 | 0.266 |
Gram-positive bacteria | 39 | −0.047 | 0.807 | 34 | 0.050 | 0.189 | 39 | −0.047 | 0.792 | 33 | −0.020 | 0.560 |
FERMI qPCR index | 39 | 0.117 | 0.035 | 34 | <0.001 | 0.444 | 39 | 0.098 | 0.054 | 33 | 0.026 | 0.315 |
Microbial secondary metabolites | ||||||||||||
Number of microbial “toxins” | 39 | 0.054 | 0.163 | 28 | −0.056 | 0.776 | 39 | 0.034 | 0.273 | 28 | −0.050 | 0.733 |
Viable microbes in BM | ||||||||||||
Bacterial growth in BM | 36 | −0.053 | 0.702 | 31 | 0.352 | 0.004 | 36 | 0.000 | 0.467 | 30 | 0.007 | 0.483 |
Fungal growth in BM | 36 | −0.023 | 0.665 | 31 | −0.042 | 0.827 | 36 | 0.090 | 0.035 | 30 | 0.150 | 0.010 |