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. 2015 May 29;8(4):739–746. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.12288

Table 2.

Summary of OTU number, Chao 1, Shannon and Simpson indices based on relative abundance of bacterial sequences at four different sites

Sample No. of OTUs (0.03) Chao1 Shannon index Simpson index
EBF1050 8208.38 ± 269.82c 18284.82 ± 1382.19ab 8.14 ± 0.09c 894.37 ± 163.85b
DBF1750 7490.50 ± 154.72b 20801.44 ± 1531.48b 7.75 ± 0.04b 330.32 ± 65.76a
CF2550 6544.00 ± 272.93a 18494.40 ± 1361.45ab 6.99 ± 0.19a 82.96 ± 37.67a
SAS2750 6250.50 ± 187.08a 15972.55 ± 547.60a 7.43 ± 0.09b 253.66 ± 70.68a

Data present the mean value and standard error (n = 8). The same lowercase letters within the same row mean the difference was not significant, whereas the difference was significant P < 0.05.