Bacterial Diversity and Bioremediation Potential of the Highly Contaminated Marine Sediments at El-Max District (Egypt, Mediterranean Sea)

Table 3

PERMANOVA pairwise results. (a) Groups correspond to the different stations. (b) Groups correspond to the different type/granulometry of the sediment. : statistic; : statistical significance. Significantly different groups are written in bold type.

(a)

Groups
P, Q	2,1697	0,0385
P, R	1,6055	0,1077
P, S	3,7151	0,0044
Q, R	2,6056	0,0146
Q, S	5,9167	0,0009
R, S	5,1805	0,002

(b)

Groups
Coarse sand, medium sand	1,2488	0,2166
Coarse sand, coarse silt	4,3187	0,0006
Medium sand, coarse silt	5,1805	0,0021