Metagenomic investigation of the seasonal distribution of bacterial community and antibiotic-resistant genes in Day River Downstream, Ninh Binh, Vietnam

Applied Biological Chemistry

Table 2 Pearson correlation among the abundance between ARGs, MGEs, and environment factors

Pearson correlation	Temperature		pH		NO₃⁻		Conductivity		TDS		Salt
Pearson correlation	R	p value	R	p value	R	p value	R	p value	R	p value	R	p value
Total ARGs	0.549	0.018	0.679	0.002	0.824	***	− 0.691	0.0015	− 0.694	0.0014	− 0.675	0.002
Total MGEs	0.464	0.053	0.467	0.051	0.791	***	− 0.572	0.013	− 0.575	0.013	− 0.562	0.015
Plasmids	0.548	0.019	0.411	0.090	0.678	0.002	− 0.512	0.030	− 0.515	0.029	− 0.505	0.033
Integrases	0.453	0.059	0.554	0.017	0.837	***	− 0.564	0.015	− 0.568	0.014	− 0.549	0.018
Insertional sequences	0.440	0.067	0.487	0.040	0.832	***	-0.583	0.011	− 0.587	0.011	− 0.571	0.013
Transposases	0.454	0.058	0.466	0.051	0.791	***	− 0.572	0.013	− 0.575	0.013	− 0.562	0.015