Bacterial community and chemical profiles of oil-polluted sites in selected cities of Uganda: potential for developing a bacterial-based product for remediation of oil-polluted sites

Table 3 Correlation between the abundant hydrocarbons and bacterial profiles (Spearman’s, n = 27)

Profiles	Na	Ac	Ae	Fl	Ph	An	Fu	Py	Ch	Bf	Bl	Bp	Da	Ip	Be
H	0.46*	0.38^NS	0.66**	0.36^NS	0.39^NS	0.26^NS	0.47*	0.37^NS	0.30^NS	0.45^NS	−0.63***	−0.59**	0.49*	0.60**	−0.49*
S	0.45*	0.40^NS	0.70**	0.39*	0.39^NS	0.23^NS	0.43*	0.52*	0.45^NS	0.60^NS	−0.50**	−0.48*	0.46^NS	0.48*	−0.34^NS
AWCD	0.50**	0.49*	0.64*	0.49*	0.41*	0.30^NS	0.51**	0.53*	0.39^NS	0.62^NS	−0.47*	− 0.43*	0.44^NS	0.65**	−0.50**

Species diversity (H), Species richness (S), Bacterial activity (AWCD), p ≤ 0.05*, p ≤ 0.01**, p ≤ 0.001***, NS – Not significant, Naphthalene (Na), Acenaphthylene (Ac), Acenaphthene (Ae), Fluorene (Fl), Phenanthrene (Ph), Anthracene (An), Fluorathnthene (Fu), Pyrene (Py), Chrysene (Ch), Benzo(b) fluoranthene (Bf), Benzo(k) fluoranthene (Bl), Benzo(a) pyrene (Bp), Dibenz(a,h) anthracene (Da), Indeno(1,2,3-cd) pyrene (Ip), Benzo(g,h,i) perylene (Be)

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