Table 2. Comparison of the estimated operational taxonomic unit (OTU) richness and diversity indexes of the 16S rRNA gene libraries for clustering at 97% identity as obtained from the pyrosequencing analysis.
Manure ratio | Reads | OTU | ACE | Chao | Coverage | Shannon | Simpson |
0% | 9015±2997a | 3533±812a | 9581±2336a | 6816±1559a | 0.767±0.024a | 7.58±0.112a | 0.0010±5.7735b |
5% | 9485±2305a | 4032±878a | 1101±2941a | 7754±1732a | 0.749±0.005a | 7.776±0.179a | 0.0007±5.7735a |
10% | 8501±1153a | 3643±478a | 9814±1751a | 7204±1217a | 0.747±0.026a | 7.706±0.117a | 0.0008±5.7735a |
15% | 9138±1096a | 3871±213a | 1069±835a | 7648±393a | 0.749±0.019a | 7.766±0.005a | 0.0007±0.0001a |
20% | 9916±1429a | 4136±496a | 1105±1744a | 8133±1134a | 0.755±0.032a | 7.836±0.116a | 0.0007±0.0001a |
25% | 7991±768a | 3354±393a | 9651±2464a | 6903±1290a | 0.749±0.019a | 7.573±0.081a | 0.0010±5.7735b |
Averages of replicates ± standard error; means followed by different letters are significantly different at P<0.05.