. 2023 May 18;11:e15363. doi: 10.7717/peerj.15363

Table 2. α-diversity of endophytic bacteria in DL and L.

Group name	High-quality sequence	OTUs	Chao1 index	Coverage	Shannon index	Simpson index
LR	162795 ± 100359^b	1500 ± 52.4^d	2740 ± 204.3^d	0.89 ± 0.0100^a	9.00 ± 0.084^d	0.99 ± 0.0000^a
DLR	259121 ± 67815^c	1209 ± 143.5^c	2208 ± 234.9^c	0.91 ± 0.0115^b	8.29 ± 0.450^cd	0.99 ± 0.0058^a
LL	41912 ± 4054^a	369 ± 23.3^b	476 ± 18.8^b	0.99 ± 0.0000^c	6.89 ± 0.121^bc	0.97 ± 0.0058^a
DLL	38072 ± 12171^a	349 ± 42.5^b	448 ± 54.3^ab	0.99 ± 0.0058^c	6.11 ± 1.755^ab	0.89 ± 0.1704^a
LS	43034 ± 13666^a	286 ± 23.1^b	347 ± 25.8^ab	0.99 ± 0.0000^c	5.63 ± 0.596^ab	0.95 ± 0.0200^a
DLS	72405 ± 22092^ab	149 ± 11.5^a	218 ± 34.3^a	0.99 ± 0.0058^c	4.55 ± 1.006^a	0.86 ± 0.1617^a

Notes.

Data are presented as mean ± SE, (n = 3). Small letters reflect significant differences between different plant tissue samples (p < 0.05).