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Table 2 AMOVA of (a) ITS and (b) NifD sequences from Bradyrhizobium from in situ nodules

From: Specialization-generalization trade-off in a Bradyrhizobium symbiosis with wild legume hosts

(a)ITS region

Sources of variation

df

Sum of squares

variance component

% of variance

P

Between genera

1

440.898

10.5300

49.14

ns

Between species w/in genus

2

26.594

0.1229

0.57

ns

Within species

78

840.667

10.7778

50.29

***

Total

81

1308.159

21.4308

  

(b) NifD locus

Sources of variation

df

Sum of squares

variance component

% of variance

P

Between genera

1

290.41

10.0195

57.92

ns

Between species w/in genus

2

20.031

0.2149

1.24

ns

Within species

77

416.246

7.06457

40.84

***

Total

80

980.938

17.2989

  
  1. Significance: ns, not significant; ***, p < 0.001.
  2. Sampled host species: A. strigosus, A. heermannii, L. bicolor and L. arboreus.