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Table 3 Overview of LEfSe analysis results

From: Plant nickel-exclusion versus hyperaccumulation: a microbial perspective

Speciesa

Kingdom

Compartment

Number of biomarkersb

Number of "unclassified" biomarkers

LDA score range

Pg

(Ni-HA)

Bacteria

Seeds

1 (2.0%)

0

5.3

Pulps

2 (4.1%)

0

5.5–5.7

Leaves

11 (22.4%)

5 (45.5%)

4.2–5.0

Roots

18 (36.7%)

9 (50.0%)

4.1–4.9

Rhizospheric soil

17 (34.7%)

12 (70.6%)

4.0–4.9

Summary

49 (100.0%)

26 (53.1%)

4.0–5.7

Fungi

Seeds

0

0

 

Pulps

7 (9.0%)

3 (42.9%)

4.0–5.3

Leaves

34 (43.6%)

6 (17.6%)

3.1–5.6

Roots

19 (24.4%)

9 (47.4%)

3.2–5.2

Rhizospheric soil

18 (23.1%)

7 (38.9%)

3.4–5.2

Summary

78 (100.0%)

25 (32.1%)

3.1–5.6

Ps

(nA)

Bacteria

Seeds

2 (2.7%)

1 (50.0%)

4.8–5.6

Pulps

6 (8.1%)

2 (33.3%)

4.2–5.1

Leaves

11 (14.9%)

4 (36.4%)

3.6–4.5

Roots

14 (18.9%)

8 (57.1%)

3.8–4.8

Rhizospheric soil

41 (55.4%)

31 (75.6%)

3.7–4.7

Summary

74 (100.0%)

46 (62.2%)

3.6–5.6

Fungi

Seeds

3 (2.4%)

1 (33.3%)

4.60–5.63

Pulps

12 (9.5%)

2 (16.7%)

3.95–4.90

Leaves

61 (48.4%)

10 (16.4%)

2.88–4.57

Roots

34 (27.0%)

14 (41.2%)

3.02–5.25

Rhizospheric soil

16 (12.7%)

6 (37.5%)

3.30–4.87

Summary

126 (100.0%)

33 (26.2%)

2.88–5.63

  1. LEfSe parameters: alpha threshold = 0.05; taxa level = genus; p-value adjustment method = Bonferroni
  2. aPg = Psychotria gabriellae (Ni-HA) and Ps = Psychotria semperflorens (nA)
  3. bRefers to significant genus