Ecological Processes

Table 8 Spore density (100 g⁻¹ of dry soil) and types of genera at different spore size (μm) categories

From: Exclosures restored the density and root colonization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Spore size (μm)	Gigaspora	Scutellospora	Glomus	Sclerocystis	Acaulospora	Entrophospora	Sum
50 μm	87.8 ± 2.1a	45.2 ± 1.2a	263.2 ± 5.3a	0.000 ± 0.003a	626.1 ± 11.9a	10.9 ± 0.4a	1784.2 ± 32.0a
100 μm	48.2 ± 2.1b	24.2 ± 1.2b	270.4 ± 5.3a	0.007 ± 0.003a	389.1 ± 11.9b	3.5 ± 0.4b	1079.1 ± 32.0b
300 μm	8.8 ± 2.1c	4.1 ± 1.2c	129.9 ± 5.3b	0.002 ± 0.003a	109.4 ± 11.9c	1.8 ± 0.4c	254.2 ± 32.0c

Means in the same column followed by same letter do not differ significantly at P < 0.05, mean ± SEM

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