TABLE 3.
Source and type of organism | No. of clones | No. of OTUs identified | Coverage indexa | Total OTU richness (Chao1 estimation)b
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Mean | Lower limit | Upper limit | ||||
Eukaryotes in clone libraries | ||||||
Supply A | 272 | 108 | 39.7 | 159 | 136 | 204 |
Supply B | 273 | 115 | 42.1 | 145 | 91 | 277 |
Total | 545 | 219c | 40.2 | 390 | 328 | 487 |
Free-living protozoa in clone libraries | ||||||
Supply A | 133 | 54c | 40.6 | 113 | 81 | 187 |
TW-A | 44 | 25 | 56.8 | 34 | 28 | 55 |
BF-Ad | 89 | 30 | 33.7 | 158 | 70 | 444 |
Supply B | 120 | 72c | 60.0 | 163 | 112 | 274 |
TW-B | 71 | 43 | 60.6 | 134 | 75 | 297 |
BF-Bd | 49 | 31 | 63.3 | 45 | 32 | 88 |
Total | 253 | 127c | 50.2 | 281 | 212 | 407 |