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Table 3 The correlations (r value) and significance (P value) determined by the Mantel test between the soil properties and microbial community

From: Comparison of soil chemical and microbial properties in monoculture larch and mixed plantations in a temperate forest ecosystem in Northeast China

Soil properties

Litter layer

0–10 cm soil layer

10–20 cm soil layer

20–30 cm soil layer

Bacteria

Fungi

Bacteria

Fungi

Bacteria

− 

Bacteria

Fungi

Total C

0.481 (0.085)

0.002 (0.367)

0.564 (0.021)

− 0.035 (0.504)

0.179 (0.214)

− 

0.136 (0.308)

0.673 (0.031)

Total N

0.343 (0.118)

− 0.014(0.490)

0.500 (0.025)

− 0.043 (0.482)

0.154 (0.196)

− 0.121 (0.536)

0.351 (0.190)

0.808 (0.011)

Exoglucanase

− 0.336 (0.790)

− 0.298 (0.832)

0.413 (0.092)

0.485 (0.069)

− 0.195 (0.763)

0.661 (0.019)

0.012 (0.504)

0.012 (0.446)

β-Glucosidase

− 0.563 (0.956)

− 0.442 (0.928)

0.406 (0.110)

0.148 (0.335)

− 0.090 (0.392)

− 0.058 (0.460)

− 0.403 (0.951)

− 0.193 (0.819)

NAG

− 0.023 (0.511)

− 0.236 (0.790)

0.140 (0.251)

0.315 (0.044)

0.433 (0.139)

− 0.041 (0.457)

− 0.297 (0.768)

− 0.401 (0.896)

Acid phosphatase

− 0.296 (0.818)

− 0.223 (0.781)

− 0.110 (0.588)

− 0.164 (0.632)

− 0.291 (0.828)

− 0.058 (0.503)

− 0.296 (0.742)

− 0.301 (0.826)

Phenol oxidase

0.770 (0.006)

0.305 (0.175)

0.161 (0.282)

0.695 (0.007)

− 0.133 (0.549)

− 0.081 (0.524)

− 0.046 (0.525)

0.014 (0.507)

pH

nd

nd

0.203 (0.197)

0.077 (0.393)

− 0.061 (0.528)

− 0.010 (0.476)

0.194 (0.233)

− 0.010 (0.500)

EC

nd

nd

0.103 (0.319)

0.249 (0.182)

0.229 (0.149)

− 0.090 (0.610)

0.133 (0.346)

0.172 (0.310)

Nitrate

nd

nd

0.161 (0.272)

0.242 (0.197)

− 0.003 (0.447)

0.258 (0.103)

0.067 (0.397)

− 0.023 (0.521)

Ammonium

nd

nd

− 0.377 (0.928)

0.361(0.167)

− 0.126 (0.668)

0.228 (0.169)

0.204 (0.415)

0.376 (0.288)

  1. NAG N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase, EC electrical conductivity
  2. The bold font represents significant correlations between microbial community and soil properties at the P < 0.05 level