Table 3.
Sequencing sample overview and estimated diversity
| Sample | Experiment | HRT | Cleaned reads | Observed number of OTUs | Estimated diversity | Average | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observed number of OTUs | Estimated diversity | ||||||||
| Chao1 | Shannon indices | Chao1 | Shannon indices | ||||||
| Thermophilic | Pilot scale | 20 | 5,949 | 434 | 599 | 6.19 | 432 | 607 | 6.21 |
| Thermophilic | Pilot scale | 20 | 4,667 | 429 | 614 | 6.23 | |||
| Mesophilic | Pilot scale | 20 | 6,227 | 447 | 647 | 6.10 | 420 | 588 | 6.21 |
| Mesophilic | Pilot scale | 20 | 4,984 | 392 | 529 | 6.32 | |||
| Cattle manure | Pilot scale | 20 | 4,733 | 527 | 626 | 7.55 | 523 | 623 | 7.58 |
| Cattle manure | Pilot scale | 20 | 4,239 | 519 | 620 | 7.61 | |||
| Cattle manure | Lab scale | 16 | 4,246 | 429 | 608 | 6.10 | 435 | 591 | 6.03 |
| Cattle manure | Lab scale | 16 | 5,360 | 441 | 573 | 5.95 | |||
| Thermophilic | Lab scale | 16 | 4,559 | 275 | 421 | 4.92 | 283 | 427 | 4.87 |
| Thermophilic | Lab scale | 16 | 5,658 | 290 | 432 | 4.82 | |||
| Mesophilic | Lab scale | 16 | 4,603 | 382 | 528 | 6.10 | 392 | 525 | 6.13 |
| Mesophilic | Lab scale | 16 | 5,846 | 402 | 522 | 6.16 | |||
| Cattle manure | Lab scale | 20 | 5,183 | 446 | 600 | 6.01 | 451 | 605 | 6.03 |
| Cattle manure | Lab scale | 20 | 5,721 | 455 | 610 | 6.05 | |||
| Thermophilic | Lab scale | 20 | 4,653 | 274 | 359 | 4.93 | 275 | 351 | 4.99 |
| Thermophilic | Lab scale | 20 | 4,739 | 276 | 343 | 5.04 | |||
| Mesophilic | Lab scale | 20 | 5,811 | 386 | 536 | 6.16 | 382 | 551 | 6.14 |
| Mesophilic | Lab scale | 20 | 6,205 | 378 | 566 | 6.11 | |||
| Total number of raw reads | 111 662 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Total number of cleaned reads | 93 383 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |