TABLE 2.

Soil organic C, total DNA concentration, and numbers of microbial sequences for MR and MB soil samples in four independent experiments^a

Site	Transect	Type	Total C (%)	DNA concn (ng/μl)	No. of:
					16S sequences	16S OTUs	ITS sequences	ITS OTUs
Keur Matar	KM_A	MR	0.290a	0.186a	247,120a	13,971a	91,725a	401a
		MB	0.224a	0.078a	208,752a	5,094b	43,978a	218b
	KM_B	MR	0.300a	0.599a	203,705a	20,022a	62,254a	355a
		MB	0.239a	0.181a	191,590a	8,649b	63,809a	279a
Nioro	N_A	MR	0.355a	0.272a	237,707a	15,750a	117,921a	501a
		MB	0.286a	0.177a	185,360a	9,691a	79,330a	305a
	N_B	MR	0.394a	1.027a	207,511a	22,838a	109,613a	591a
		MB	0.258b	0.343a	230,663a	18,333a	46,296b	297a

^aValues within a column and site followed by the same letter are not significantly different at a P of ≤0.05.