1. Aboveground and belowground samples showed differences in their bacterial community structures and compositions, while bulk soil and root communities differed in the abundances of particular taxa.
Aboveground and belowground samples showed differences in their bacterial community structures and compositions, while bulk soil and root communities differed in the abundances of particular taxa. (A) Microbial community composition in belowground and aboveground samples characterized to the phylum level (top 10 taxa). Data were rarified to 1,000 sequences per sample. (B) Single ANOVA representing bacteria that significantly differed in their relative abundances in comparisons of soils (bulk soil and root zone soil) and root samples after Bonferroni correction. Data were rarified to 5,100 sequences per sample, and only OTUs showing ≥1% relative abundance in all 3 sample types were used in the figures. (C) Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) among plant parts and soil samples based on weighted UniFrac distances.
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