Table 2.
Separate and combined 16S rRNA and soxB gene sequence data from July and October 2010, including diversity indices used in this study for 16S rRNA genes
| Sample distance (m) | 16S rRNA data |
No. of soxB sequences |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 |
October 2010 |
Total | H′ | July | October | Total | |||||||||
| No. of sequences | No. of OTUs | Chao1 estimate (range) | H′ | E | No. of sequences | No. of OTUs | Chao1 estimate (range) | H′ | E | ||||||
| 0 (orifice) | 5,485 | 517 | 894 (783–1,052) | 4.1 | 0.6 | 8,205 | 144 | 193 (168–245) | 1.7 | 0.3 | 13,690 | 3.6 | 35 | 25 | 60 |
| 1.6 | 2,873 | 119 | 156 (136–196) | 2.1 | 0.4 | 9,997 | 167 | 220 (194–271) | 2.4 | 0.5 | 12,870 | 2.6 | 44 | 83 | 127 |
| 5.5 | 3,920 | 197 | 293 (252–364) | 2.3 | 0.4 | 7,886 | 512 | 782 (703–895) | 3.6 | 0.6 | 11,806 | 3.6 | 52 | 71 | 123 |
| 9.5 | 6,065 | 358 | 612 (527–738) | 2.9 | 0.5 | 6,640 | 814 | 1,273 (1,160–1,423) | 5.1 | 0.8 | 12,705 | 4.6 | 22 | 14 | 36 |
| 14 (end) | 3,962 | 777 | 1,383 (1,239–1,572) | 5.2 | 0.8 | 5,246 | 407 | 649 (568–771) | 4.1 | 0.7 | 9,208 | 5.1 | 48 | 17 | 65 |