Table 3.

Alpha diversity index of bacteria in Pb-contaminated tea garden soil.

Treatment	Chao1	ACE	Shannon	Simpson	Coverage (%)
CK	1,518 ± 66 ab	1,521 ± 66 ab	6.49 ± 0.09 a	0.0034 ± 0.0006 a	99.95
ML	1,492 ± 48 ab	1,491 ± 49 ab	6.46 ± 0.06 a	0.0035 ± 0.0004 a	99.94
MM	1,385 ± 124 b	1,387 ± 126 b	6.43 ± 0.11 a	0.0036 ± 0.0007 a	99.97
MH	1,560 ± 39 a	1,562 ± 41 a	6.55 ± 0.03 a	0.0031 ± 0.0003 a	99.96
OL	1,532 ± 120 ab	1,535 ± 122 ab	6.50 ± 0.09 a	0.0034 ± 0.0003 a	99.95
OM	1,481 ± 74 ab	1,484 ± 75 ab	6.53 ± 0.08 a	0.0031 ± 0.0005 a	99.96
OH	1,478 ± 58 ab	1,478 ± 59 ab	6.44 ± 0.07 a	0.0039 ± 0.0008 a	99.95

Data represent the average of three replicates ± standard deviations. The lowercase letters in each column indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) among the Pb treatments.