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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Total Environ. 2017 Nov 10;618:357–368. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.010

Table 4.

Similarity Percentage analysis (SIMPER) of the contribution (~50% of total) of OTUs to the average dissimilarity between treatments in terms of taxonomical community composition.

TO – TC AD Con % Cum % Mean abundance (%)
TO TC
Nitrospiraceae (Leptospirillum spp.) 8.64 11.76 11.76 16.60 8.54
Hydrogenophilaceae (Thiobacillus spp.) 7.35 10.00 21.76 11.50 13.00
Comamonadaceae (Thiomonas spp.) 4.94 6.72 28.48 9.87 0.72
Acidithiobacillaceae (Acidithiobacillus spp.) 4.81 6.54 35.02 3.51 9.62
Rhodospirillaceae (Uncultured Rhodospirillaceae spp.) 3.40 4.62 39.64 3.46 5.96
Xanthomonadaceae (Dyella spp.) 3.25 4.42 44.06 4.86 6.73
Chromatiales (Uncultured Chromatiales spp.) 2.43 3.30 47.36 4.86 3.14
Ferroplasmaceae (Ferroplasma spp.) 1.75 2.38 49.73 3.05 2.20
TO – QB AD Con % Cum % TO QB
Nitrospiraceae (Leptospirillum spp.) 8.12 10.62 10.62 16.60 0.91
Xanthomonadaceae (Dyella spp.) 5.59 7.30 17.93 4.86 15.90
Hydrogenophilaceae (Thiobacillus spp.) 5.23 6.84 24.77 11.50 7.93
Comamonadaceae (Thiomonas spp.) 4.94 6.46 31.22 9.87 0.12
Micrococcaceae (Arthrobacter spp.) 3.65 4.78 36.00 0.07 7.37
Acidithiobacillaceae (Acidithiobacillus spp.) 3.42 4.48 40.48 3.51 5.69
Chromatiales (Uncultured Chromatiales spp.) 2.43 3.18 43.65 4.86 1.15
Rhodospirillaceae (Uncultured Rhodospirillaceae spp.) 2.11 2.76 46.41 3.46 1.76
Ferroplasmaceae (Ferroplasma spp.) 1.46 1.91 48.33 3.05 1.33
Caulobacteraceae (Asticcacaulis spp.) 1.37 1.79 50.11 0.00 2.73
TC – QB AD Con % Cum % TC QB
Hydrogenophilaceae (Thiobacillus spp.) 5.95 9.89 9.89 13.00 7.93
Acidithiobacillaceae (Acidithiobacillus spp.) 5.55 9.23 19.12 9.62 5.69
Xanthomonadaceae (Dyella spp.) 5.12 8.52 27.63 6.73 15.90
Nitrospiraceae (Leptospirillum spp.) 4.27 7.09 34.72 8.54 0.91
Micrococcaceae (Arthrobacter spp.) 3.36 5.59 40.31 0.77 7.37
Rhodospirillaceae (Uncultured Rhodospirillaceae spp.) 2.52 4.20 44.51 5.96 1.76
Ferroplasmaceae (Ferroplasma spp.) 1.38 2.30 46.80 2.20 1.33
Caulobacteraceae (Asticcacaulis spp.) 1.24 2.06 48.87 0.43 2.73
Actinomycetales (Uncultured Actinomycetales spp.) 1.21 2.02 50.88 0.26 2.68

AD, Average Dissimilarity; Con %, Percentage of contribution; Cum %, Cumulative percentage