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Table 1 Analysis of the deterministic parameters controlling microbiome assembly. PERMANOVA analysis was conducted using the Bray-Curtis metric with 999 permutations. Results are provided for the complete data set and for microbiome compartments

From: The core root microbiome of Spartina alterniflora is predominated by sulfur-oxidizing and sulfate-reducing bacteria in Georgia salt marshes, USA

 

All

Bulk sediment

Rhizosphere

Root

Factor

F-value

R2

F-value

R2

F-value

R2

F-value

R2

Compartment

16.6

12.1**

-

-

-

-

-

-

S. alterniflora phenotype

12.0

8.8**

8.2

17.6**

7.1

16.1**

4.2

10.7**

Location

13.9

5.1**

9.2

9.8**

8.1

9.2**

4.7

5.9**

Depth

4.6

1.7**

3.2

3.5**

2.4

2.7**

2.7

3.4**

Year

2.3

0.8**

2.6

2.8**

1.5

1.7

1.6

2.0*