Table 3. SIMPER analysis results displaying the top ten 99% OTUs accountable for the dissimilarity between the ‘heavy’ fractions in both potato cultivars.
| Genus | Contribution (%)a | Mean abundb | Mean abundb |
| Karnico (%) | Modena (%) | ||
| Burkholderia | 9.28 | 0.54 | 4.10 |
| Pseudomonas | 7.59 | 4.30 | 1.82 |
| Paracoccus | 6.86 | 2.91 | 0.00 |
| Gluconacetobacter | 6.85 | 2.64 | 0.00 |
| Sphingomonas | 6.40 | 0.77 | 3.38 |
| Pelomonas | 4.76 | 0.00 | 1.83 |
| Brevundimonas | 4.67 | 0.00 | 1.79 |
| Acinetobacter | 4.40 | 1.70 | 0.00 |
| Bradyrhizobium | 4.37 | 0.00 | 1.69 |
| Kluyvera | 4.06 | 2.73 | 1.16 |
a
Contribution of OTUs to overall dissimilarity between groups.
b
Average abundance of OTUs in each group.