Impact of No-Tillage and Conventional Tillage Systems on Soil Microbial Communities

Table 3

PLFA having scores >|±0.23| for the first and third principal components.

Fatty acid	Score	Specificity as a biomarker*
PC 1
10Me16:0	−0.65	Actinobacteria
16:1𝜔7	0.32	Aerobic bacteria
18:1𝜔9	0.29	Fungi
18:2𝜔6,9	0.23	Fungi
PC 3
i17:1	−0.51	Nonspecific
cy19:0	−0.34	Anaerobic bacteria
10Me16:0	0.30	Actinobacteria

*Source: Findlay [48] and Paul and Clark [49].