Table 3.
Estimates of bacterial diversity in the soil samples obtained after the treatments and spinach cultivation
Soil sample | Pre-treatment | UTC | BSD | CP | UTC-spinach | BSD-spinach | CP-spinach |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number of clones |
85 |
66 |
68 |
80 |
75 |
79 |
67 |
Total number of OTUs |
38 |
42 |
30 |
25 |
36 |
37 |
38 |
Coverage (%) |
76.5 |
60.6 |
73.5 |
88.7 |
76.0 |
77.2 |
70.1 |
Simpson’s index |
0.97 |
0.98 |
0.89 |
0.93 |
0.97 |
0.97 |
0.98 |
Shannon-Wiener index | 4.87 | 5.19 | 4.01 | 4.10 | 4.87 | 4.87 | 5.05 |