Host species identity, site and time drive temperate tree phyllosphere bacterial community structure

Microbiome

Table 2 Bacterial community structure variation explained by various factors (PERMANOVA on Bray-Curtis dissimilarities)

Variables		Bray-Curtis dissimilarities
Variables		R ² (%)	Pr (>F)
Single factor	Host species	27.2	0.001^***
	Site	10.9	0.001^***
	Time	1.5	0.008^**
Second order interaction	Host species*site	13.8	0.001^***
Second order interaction	Site*time	NS	NS
Third order interaction	Host speciessitetime	NS	NS

The model explained 53.4 %. Significance levels for each variable are given by: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; NS, p > 0.1

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