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Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficients of soil properties in relation to the populations of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria

From: Occurrence and genetic diversity of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria in soils of differing chemical characteristics in Kenya

 

PSM

PSB

pH

ExCa

ExMg

ExK

ExtP

OrgC

TotN

PSM

1.00

        

PSB

0.98***

1.00

       

pH

0.08

−0.05

1.00

      

ExCa

0.95***

0.93***

0.03

1.00

     

ExMg

0.93***

0.92***

0.01

0.99**

1.00

    

ExK

0.48

0.42

−0.07

0.39

0.36

1.00

   

ExtP

−0.03

−0.02

−0.05

−0.15

−0.14

0.36

1.00

  

OrgC

0.79**

0.78**

−0.29

0.76**

0.75**

0.68*

0.18

1.00

 

TotN

0.71**

0.739**

−0.32

0.59*

0.56*

0.69*

0.38

0.92***

1.00

  1. *, **, *** indicate significance at p < 0.05, p < 0.01 and p < 0.001, respectively
  2. PSM, Phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms; PSB, phosphate solubilizing bacteria; pH, soil pH; ExCa, exchangeable Ca; ExMg, exchangeable Mg; ExtP, extractable P; OrgC, organic C; TotN, total N
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Annals of Microbiology

ISSN: 1869-2044

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