Bacterial wilt affects the structure and assembly of microbial communities along the soil-root continuum

Table 1 R² and P values calculated by PERMANOVA for the variance of bacterial and fungal communities among different samples

Factor(s)	Results by factor		Results by health condition/niche
Factor(s)	R²	P value	Comparison	R²	P value
Health condition (Bacteria)	0.022	0.343	BSD vs. BSH	0.183	0.004
			RSD vs. RSH	0.342	0.001
			RPD vs. RPH	0.638	0.004
			ESD vs. ESH	0.517	0.003
Niche (Bacteria)	0.718	0.001	BSD vs. RSD vs. RPD vs. ESD	0.734	0.001
Niche (Bacteria)			BSH vs. RSH vs. RPH vs. ESH	0.583	0.001
Health condition & niche (Bacteria)	0.448	0.001
Health condition (Fungi)	0.079	0.003	BSD vsBSH	0.416	0.004
			RSD vsRSH	0.488	0.005
			RPD vsRPH	0.338	0.001
			ESD vsESH	0.224	0.002
Niche (Fungi)	0.511	0.001	BSD vs. RSD vs. RPD vs. ESD	0.503	0.001
Niche (Fungi)			BSH vs. RSH vs. RPH vs. ESH	0.318	0.001
Health condition & niche (Fungi)	0.217	0.001

P values in bold indicate significant correlations (P < 0.05; n = 6). BS: bulk soils; RS: rhizosphere; RP: rhizoplane; ES: endosphere; D: diseased tobacco plants; H: healthy tobacco plants

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