Table 4. Ecological diversity indices and similarity values of the bacterial, archaeal and fungal communities from drinking water biofilms sampled at Day 0 and Day 28.
Sample Point | Microbial fingerprint | Relative Richness B | Relative Evenness D | Relative Diversity E | Similarity between replicates (%) F |
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Mean (St.Dev.) C | Mean (St.Dev.) C | Mean (St.Dev.) C | |||
Day 0 | Bacteria A | 3 & 5 | 0.89 & 0.95 | 1.04 & 1.43 | 36.30 |
Archaea | 8 (2.39) | 0.92 (0.02) | 1.90 (0.28) | 66.54 | |
Fungi | 11 (5.76) | 0.91 (0.03) | 2.05 (0.61) | 9.75 | |
Day 28 | Bacteria | 37 (4.59) | 0.97 (0.01) | 3.48 (0.13) | 52.83 |
Archaea | 11 (1.20) | 0.89 (0.01) | 2.15 (0.11) | 85.80 | |
Fungi | 24 (13.51) | 0.91 (0.06) | 2.77 (0.67) | 25.38 |
A n = 2 therefore no average could be calculated, both values are presented
B Number of T-RFs
C Standard deviation
D Pielou's Index
E Shannon's Index
F SIMPER analysis.