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Table 2 Spearman rank correlation analysis of soil chemical parameters with the abundance, richness, and diversity of bacterial and archaeal communities

From: Vertical profiles of microbial communities in perfluoroalkyl substance-contaminated soils

 

Abundance

Richness

Diversity

Bacteria

Archaea

Bacteria

Archaea

Bacteria

Archaea

PFBS

0.1

0.7

0

− 0.1

0

− 0.1

PFHxS

0.1

− 0.8

− 0.3

− 0.1

− 0.3

− 0.1

PFOS

0.8

0.1

− 0.9*

− 0.8

− 0.9*

− 0.8

F53B

0.4

0.8

− 0.2

− 0.4

− 0.2

− 0.4

OC

1.0**

0.4

− 0.9*

− 1.0**

− 0.9*

− 1.0**

  1. *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level, **correlation is significant at the 0.01 level