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Table 3 Relative abundance (%) of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (based on morphological classification) of exotic (EXO) and native (NAT) soils from the Brazilian tropical seasonal dry forest (mean ± SD, N = 40)

From: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community assembly in the Brazilian tropical seasonal dry forest

Order

EXO vs NATa

Family

EXO vs NAT

Genera

EXO

NAT

EXO vs NAT

Alg

Esp

Jua

Mon

Nab

Alg

Esp

Jua

Mon

Nab

Archaeosporales

2.13ns

Ambisporaceae

2.13ns

Ambispora

0.0 ± 0.0 b

0.0 ± 0.0 b

0.0 ± 0.0 b

0.0 ± 0.0 b

0.0 ± 0.0 b

0.0 ± 0.0 b

0.0 ± 0.0 b

2.1 ± 0.1 a

3.0 ± 0.2 a

0.0 ± 0.0 b

2.13ns

Diversisporales

9.16**

Acaulosporaceae

9.16**

Acaulospora

0.0 ± 0.0 e

0.0 ± 0.0 e

0.0 ± 0.0 e

0.0 ± 0.0 e

0.0 ± 0.0 e

5.3 ± 0.4 b

7.5 ± 0.3 a

3.2 ± 0.2 c

0.9 ± 0.4 d

1.8 ± 0.5 d

9.16**

Gigasporales

15.33**

Dentiscutataceae

11.96**

Dentiscutata

9.0 ± 0.8 c

8.4 ± 0.6 c

7.5 ± 0.2 d

5.3 ± 0.1 e

28.0 ± 1.2 a

7.2 ± 0.4 d

9.0 ± 0.6 c

13.7 ± 1.2 b

1.4 ± 0.3 f

2.7 ± 0.2 f

10.13**

Quatunica

2.5 ± 0.1 e

2.4 ± 0.3 e

5.4 ± 0.2 b

3.1 ± 0.1 d

0.0 ± 0.0 g

0.7 ± 0.1 f

0.6 ± 0.2 f

3.9 ± 0.3 c

5.4 ± 0.3 b

11.0 ± 0.9 a

8.03*

Gigasporaceae

11.15**

Gigaspora

0.0 ± 0.0 f

0.0 ± 0.0 f

7.5 ± 0.2 b

0.0 ± 0.0 f

2.3 ± 0.1 d

0.6 ± 0.2 e

20.0 ± 3.2 a

8.3 ± 0.8 b

3.7 ± 0.5 c

7.3 ± 0.2 b

11.15**

Racocetraceae

−9.37**

Racocetra

4.9 ± 0.2 c

4.4 ± 0.2 c

9.6 ± 0.8 b

4.2 ± 0.3 c

2.3 ± 0.1 d

2.3 ± 0.1 d

2.1 ± 0.2 d

18.2 ± 1.5 a

1.8 ± 0.3 d

10.1 ± 0.5 b

9.37**

Scutellosporaceae

−8.99**

Scutellospora

0.5 ± 0.1 e

0.7 ± 0.3 e

1.7 ± 0.2 c

0.4 ± 0.1 e

0.0 ± 0.0 f

1.2 ± 0.2 d

1.0 ± 0.2 d

5.3 ± 0.4 b

6.3 ± 0.2 a

1.8 ± 0.3 c

8.99*

Glomerales

18.54**

Entrophosporaceae

14.75**

Entrophospora

0.0 ± 0.0 e

0.0 ± 0.0 e

0.0 ± 0.0 e

0.0 ± 0.0 e

0.0 ± 0.0 e

0.6 ± 0.0 d

0.6 ± 0.0 d

1.8 ± 0.1 c

0.0 ± 0.0 d

2.9 ± 0.3 a

4.15ns

Claroideoglomus

0.9 ± 0.1 f

3.0 ± 0.5 e

0.0 ± 0.0 g

7.5 ± 0.2d

60.5 ± 4.5 a

18.9 ± 3.1 b

10.5 ± 0.9 d

0.0 ± 0.0 g

22.5 ± 2.5 b

14.6 ± 0.9 c

15.11**

Glomeraceae

16.76**

Funneliformis

60.7 ± 2.1 b

57.0 ± 1.7 b

67.9 ± 3.9 ab

75.6 ± 3.5 a

4.6 ± 0.9 g

39.7 ± 1.2 c

28.3 ± 2.7 d

17.6 ± 0.9 e

39.2 ± 1.8 c

11.0 ± 1.1 f

13.72**

Glomus

5.0 ± 0.2 c

4.8 ± 0.1 c

0.4 ± 0.1 f

1.2 ± 0.3 e

0.0 ± 0.0 g

5.1 ± 0.3 c

4.9 ± 0.4 c

7.4 ± 0.2 b

3.6 ± 0.4 d

22.0 ± 1.9 a

8.76*

Rhizoglomus

18.4 ± 0.9 a

19.3 ± 1.2 a

0.0 ± 0.0 e

2.7 ± 0.2 d

2.3 ± 0.1 d

17.3 ± 2.9 a

10.5 ± 0.5 c

16.6 ± 0.8 ab

12.2 ± 1.7 b

13.8 ± 1.4 b

9.76**

  1. Same letters represent no significant differences by Tukey’s test (p ≤ 0.05
  2. ns not significant
  3. **p ≤ 0.01
  4. aIndependent sample t test comparing EXO × NAT soil groups