Table 3. Richness and evenness of the microbial communities.
Name | Richness (observed OTUs) | Evenness (Simpson's diversity index) |
---|---|---|
Inoculum | 201 | 0.92 |
AD1 | 89±16 | 0.89±0.03 |
AD2 | 93±15 | 0.89±0.06 |
AD3 | 93±16 | 0.89±0.06 |
Abbreviations: AD, anaerobic digestion; OTU, operational taxonomic unit.
Richness (observed OTUs) and evenness (Simpsons's diversity index) are given for the inoculum mixture and reactors (AD1, AD2 and AD3 averaged over 14 time points) after normalisation of the data to 1100 sequences. Error margins represent s.d. values.