TABLE 1.
Bacterial diversity estimates and clone library coverage of Fe-floc and sediment clone libraries
| Site (no. of clones) | % OTU definition | No. of OTUs | Rarefaction regression (% coverage)a
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| Asymptote | chao 1 | ACE | |||
| Tangaroa-Floc | >99 | 34 | 94 (36) | 77 (44) | 120 (28) |
| (52) | >97 | 23 | 55 (42) | 49 (47) | 54 (43) |
| Clark-Floc (55) | >99 | 31 | 45 (69) | 48 (65) | 48 (65) |
| >97 | 27 | 49 (55) | 61 (44) | 59 (46) | |
| Tangaroa-Sed (54) | >99 | 37 | 237 (16) | 192 (19) | 260 (14) |
| >97 | 34 | 206 (17) | 160 (21) | 151 (23) | |
a
The asymptote (of the regression equation), chao 1, and ACE columns indicate the projected diversity as the number of OTUs expected.