Root-associated endophytic bacterial community composition and structure of three medicinal licorices and their changes with the growing year

Table 3 Effects of growth years and species on endophytic bacterial community richness index and diversity index

Source		Type III Sum of Squares	Degrees of freedom	Mean Square	F	p value	Partial Eta Squared
year	Shannon	3.157	2	1.578	1.540	0.241	0.146
	Simpson	0.009	2	0.004	1.401	0.272	0.135
	Chao1	21,992.749	2	10,996.375	0.659	0.530	0.068
	ACE	21,955.833	2	10,977.917	0.728	0.496	0.075
species	Shannon	4.650	2	2.325	2.269	0.132	0.201
	Simpson	0.006	2	0.003	0.934	0.411	0.094
	Chao1	41,731.275	2	20,865.638	1.250	0.310	0.122
	ACE	32,540.035	2	16,270.017	1.079	0.361	0.107
year*species	Shannon	7.272	4	1.818	1.774	0.178	0.283
	Simpson	0.016	4	0.004	1.246	0.327	0.217
	Chao1	129,404.800	4	32,351.200	1.938	0.148	0.301
	ACE	121,953.430	4	30,488.357	2.023	0.134	0.310

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