TABLE 3.

Biotic similarity matrix for Archaea^a

Sample site and % OTU	Biotic similarity of:
	BJ	CG	EJ	EN	SH	XH	X	AG
BJ	1
CG
99	0	1
97	0
95	0
EJ
99	0.066	0	1
97	0.071	0
95	0.166	0
EN
99	0.041	0	0	1
97	0.045	0.043	0
95	0.117	0.052	0
SH
99	0.187	0	0.062	0	1
97	0.307	0.058	0.066	0.142
95	0.454	0.062	0.230	0.166
XH
99	0.157	0	0	0.035	0.095	1
97	0.285	0.055	0	0.086	0.266
95	0.545	0.058	0.133	0.1	0.357
X
99	0.041	0	0	0.066	0	0.035	1
97	0.043	0.041	0	0.192	0.086	0.130
95	0.111	0.105	0	0.315	0.157	0.210
AG
99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
97	0.076	0	0.181	0.105	0.25	0.066	0.1
95	0.3	0	0.181	0.125	0.363	0.230	0.117

^aThese matrices show biotic similarity determined by the Jaccard index for Archaea at the three OTU definitions listed from top to bottom for each sampling site. A value of 1 indicates identical microbial communities. BJ, Lake Bagaejinnor; CG, Lake Chagannor; EJ, Lake Ejinnor; EN, Lake Erliannor; SH, Lake Shangmatala; XH, unknown lake; X, pool by unknown lake; AG, Salar Guayatayoc.