Table 4 Results of Pearson correlation analysis for comparing the relative variations of the phyla at different AgNP and Ag+ concentrations in dependence of exposure time between 90 and 365 days
µg/kg | Acidobacteria | Actinobacteria | Alpha-Proteobacteria | Bacteroidetes | Beta-Proteobacteria | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
r 2 | p | r 2 | p | r 2 | p | r 2 | p | r 2 | p | ||
AgPure | 10 | / | / | 0.646 | 0.002 | 0.682 | 0.001 | 0.441 | 0.018 | 0.818 | 0.000 |
100 | 0.356* | 0.040* | 0.419 | 0.023 | 0.472 | 0.014 | / | / | 0.707 | 0.001 | |
1000 | / | / | / | / | 0.842 | 0.000 | / | / | 0.508 | 0.009 | |
Ag+ | 10 | / | / | 0.758 | 0.000 | 0.670 | 0.001 | / | / | / | / |
100 | 0.699 | 0.001 | 0.465 | 0.015 | 0.694 | 0.001 | 0.421* | 0.023* | 0.788 | 0.000 | |
1000 | 0.723 | 0.000 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | |