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. 2026 Oct 9;17:1815770. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1815770

Figure 2.

Box plots comparing three groups (AT, TC, TO) across four soil parameters: pH, electrical conductivity (EC in microSiemens per centimeter), available phosphorus (AP in milligrams per kilogram), and available nitrogen (AN in milligrams per kilogram), with group differences denoted by letters above each box for statistical significance.

Variations in soil physicochemical properties across different treatments in the microbial fuel cell system. (A) Soil pH. (B) Soil electrical conductivity (EC). (C) Soil available phosphorus (AP) content. (D) Soil alkali-hydrolyzable nitrogen (AN) content. AT, non-electrode anaerobic control; TO, open-circuit conductive-material treatment; TC, closed-circuit treatment. Different lowercase letters indicate statistically significant differences among treatments (P < 0.05).