Table 3.
Sequence identities of dominant members, clone library sizes, and richness and diversity indices of mcrA sequences based on 97% OTU clusters.
| Samples | Sequence identity (%) |
Richness estimators |
Diversity estimators |
% Coverage | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. subterraneum | M. formicicum | Clones | SObs | SCHAO1 | SACE | HSHANNON | HSIMPSON | ||
| T0 | 96 | 91 | 26 | 3 | 3.00 | 4.08 | 0.82 | 0.44 | 100 |
| T1:TES | 96–98 | 88–93 | 27 | 6 | 7.00 | 9.75 | 0.97 | 0.54 | 86 |
| T1:NoTES | 95–98 | 91–93 | 26 | 6 | 6.00 | 6.34 | 1.54 | 0.23 | 100 |
OUT, operational taxonomic unit; T0, startup enrichment cultures at time-zero; T1, TES, trace element amended enrichment cultures after 7 days of incubation; T1, No; TES, not trace element amended enrichment cultures after 7 days of incubation; SObs, observed richness; % Coverage, observed richness/chao1 estimate ×100.