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Table 3.

Average number of total rRNA OTUs and of the non-singleton or doubleton (Non-S/D) OTUs retrieved from each sample size.

Extraction Size	28S	16S	28S	16S
	Total OTUs		Non-S/D OTUs


0.25g	1379^A	3960^A	319^A	1722^A


1g	1394^A	3314^B	366^B	1769^AB


5g	1576^B	4016^A	339^ABC	1764^A


10g	1394^B	4701^C	360^BC	1869^B


10g (SARDI)	1685^A	4636^C	330^AC	1868^B


100g (SARDI)	1366^A	4358^AC	334^ABC	1785^AB

ANOVA grouping with Tukey’s test at 95% confidence are denoted by superscript letters. The largest and smallest values in each column are bolded for reference.