. 2023 Jul 5;14:1181317. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1181317

Table 3.

Diversity indices (mean ± standard error of mean) of bacterial communities of seven scenarios for clusters at >97% sequence similarity cut-off against reference database.

Scenario*	Shannon	Simpson	Chao1	Ace	Fischer	OTU
scI (FP)	5.07 ± 0.03^b	0.983 ± 0.001^bc	1213.01 ± 14.50^ab	1199.94 ± 16.72^ab	122.52 ± 3.53^ab	1,040 ± 34^a
scII (FP)	4.97 ± 0.04^ab	0.982 ± 0.003^ab	1123.38 ± 12.59^a	1120.66 ± 13.52^a	114.20 ± 2.43^a	970 ± 36^a
scIII (pCA)	5.07 ± 0.04^b	0.982 ± 0.001^ab	1415.65 ± 14.34^b	1389.13 ± 13.84^b	129.43 ± 2.97^b	1,192 ± 50^b
scIV (CA)	4.94 ± 0.01^a	0.980 ± 0.000^a	1223.34 ± 17.92^ab	1198.22 ± 16.13^a	120.18 ± 2.76^a	1,028 ± 30^a
scV (pCA)	5.05 ± 0.04^b	0.984 ± 0.002^c	1198.27 ± 18.30^a	1199.10 ± 19.31^a	121.91 ± 3.88^ab	1,054 ± 25^a
scVI (pCA)	4.98 ± 0.01^ab	0.982 ± 0.001^ab	1193.28 ± 16.10^a	1179.56 ± 15.98^a	119.21 ± 2.75^a	1,013 ± 43^a
scVII (CA)	5.02 ± 0.03^ab	0.984 ± 0.001^bc	1228.85 ± 07.50^ab	1192.79 ± 66.80^a	116.26 ± 0.90^a	999 ± 19^a

OTU, Operational taxonomic unit; Same superscript letters of means values within each column are not statistically different (Duncan’s multiple range test; p ≤ 0.05).