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. 2013 Aug 17;3:46. doi: 10.1186/2191-0855-3-46

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