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. 2018 Sep 19;9:2198. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02198

Table 3.

Biodiversity indexes for different microbial groups (Data in the same column not sharing a letter in common are significantly different according to Tukey test, p < 0.05).

Biodiversity index

Sample S N d J H′ 1-λ
Total bacteria (endosphere)
S1 8.67 ± 0.88ab 526 ± 77.42a 1.22 ± 0.12ab 0.91 ± 0.01a 1.96 ± 0.12a 0.83 ± 0.02ab
S2 10.0 ± 0.58a 538 ± 71.90a 1.44 ± 0.08a 0.91 ± 0.00a 2.10 ± 0.05a 0.85 ± 0.01a
S4 7.67 ± 0.33ab 366 ± 10.71a 1.13 ± 0.06ab 0.88 ± 0.01a 1.78 ± 0.03ab 0.78 ± 0.00bc
S13 6.33 ± 0.33b 327 ± 20.03a 0.92 ± 0.05b 0.86 ± 0.01a 1.58 ± 0.05b 0.74 ± 0.01c
Total bacteria (rhizosphere)
S1 31 ± 0.00a 34998 ± 1362a 2.87 ± 0.01a 0.97 ± 0.01a 3.34 ± 0.02a 0.96 ± 0.00a
S2 25 ± 0.67b 29980 ± 819a 2.36 ± 0.06b 0.97 ± 0.00a 3.15 ± 0.03b 0.95 ± 0.00a
S4 31 ± 0.33a 33748 ± 682a 2.91 ± 0.03a 0.97 ± 0.01a 3.34 ± 0.03a 0.96 ± 0.00a
S13 30 ± 1.20a 33878 ± 1495a 2.81 ± 0.11a 0.98 ± 0.00a 3.33 ± 0.05a 0.96 ± 0.00a
Actinomycete (endosphere)
S1 9.33 ± 0.67a 10889 ± 1265a 0.90 ± 0.08a 0.96 ± 0.00b 2.14 ± 0.07a 0.87 ± 0.01a
S2 10.0 ± 1.00a 7332 ± 840ab 1.01 ± 0.10a 0.99 ± 0.00a 2.27 ± 0.09a 0.89 ± 0.01a
S4 8.00 ± 0.58a 4258 ± 446b 0.84 ± 0.06a 0.98 ± 0.01a 2.04 ± 0.08a 0.86 ± 0.01a
S13 8.33 ± 0.33a 5490 ± 241b 0.85 ± 0.03a 0.99 ± 0.00a 2.10 ± 0.04a 0.88 ± 0.01a
Actinomycete (rhizosphere)
S1 15.3 ± 0.33b 22305 ± 252a 1.43 ± 0.03b 0.97 ± 0.00a 2.64 ± 0.03b 0.92 ± 0.00b
S2 20.0 ± 0.00a 25620 ± 1528a 1.87 ± 0.01a 0.98 ± 0.00a 2.94 ± 0.01a 0.95 ± 0.00a
S4 21.7 ± 0.33a 26579 ± 677a 2.03 ± 0.03a 0.97 ± 0.00a 2.99 ± 0.03a 0.95 ± 0.00a
S13 21.0 ± 1.15a 22624 ± 1019a 1.99 ± 0.11a 0.96 ± 0.01a 2.91 ± 0.09a 0.94 ± 0.01ab
Total fungi (endosphere)
S1 7.67 ± 0.67a 11905 ± 720a 0.70 ± 0.06a 0.91 ± 0.01a 1.86 ± 0.07a 0.82 ± 0.01a
S2 9.67 ± 1.33a 13257 ± 1446a 0.91 ± 0.13a 0.91 ± 0.01a 2.04 ± 0.14a 0.84 ± 0.02a
S4 9.67 ± 1.20a 12729 ± 2213a 0.92 ± 0.11a 0.91 ± 0.01a 2.06 ± 0.12a 0.84 ± 0.02a
S13 9.00 ± 0.58a 11884 ± 3230a 0.86 ± 0.04a 0.91 ± 0.02a 2.01 ± 0.10a 0.83 ± 0.02a
Total fungi (rhizosphere)
S1 13.7 ± 0.33a 22194 ± 1140a 1.27 ± 0.03a 0.90 ± 0.01b 2.35 ± 0.04a 0.88 ± 0.01a
S2 3.00 ± 0.00b 5317 ± 616b 0.23 ± 0.00b 0.99 ± 0.00a 1.08 ± 0.00a 0.66 ± 0.00a
S4 8.33 ± 3.18a 14588 ± 6196ab 0.75 ± 0.31ab 0.93 ± 0.00b 1.72 ± 0.54a 0.74 ± 0.14a
S13 8.67 ± 1.33a 12753 ± 3657ab 0.81 ± 0.12ab 0.89 ± 0.02b 1.90 ± 0.18a 0.82 ± 0.04a
Ascomycete (endosphere)
S1 9.33 ± 0.33a 10342 ± 1484a 0.90 ± 0.04a 0.97 ± 0.01a 2.16 ± 0.04a 0.88 ± 0.01a
S2 7.33 ± 0.33a 6080 ± 375ab 0.73 ± 0.03a 0.99 ± 0.00a 1.96 ± 0.05a 0.86 ± 0.01ab
S4 5.00 ± 0.58b 3941 ± 693b 0.48 ± 0.06b 0.99 ± 0.00a 1.58 ± 0.12b 0.79 ± 0.03bc
S13 5.00 ± 0.58b 4960 ± 1095b 0.47 ± 0.06b 0.94 ± 0.02a 1.49 ± 0.08b 0.75 ± 0.01c
Ascomycete (rhizosphere)
S1 11.33 ± 0.67b 159073 ± 10539a 0.86 ± 0.06b 0.87 ± 0.03a 2.11 ± 0.08ab 0.86 ± 0.01a
S2 15.67 ± 0.33a 194864 ± 27794a 1.21 ± 0.03a 0.88 ± 0.04a 2.41 ± 0.09a 0.89 ± 0.01a
S4 12.67 ± 0.33b 135092 ± 33071a 0.99 ± 0.01b 0.90 ± 0.00a 2.28 ± 0.03ab 0.89 ± 0.00a
S13 11.67 ± 0.67b 112592 ± 25021a 0.92 ± 0.04b 0.79 ± 0.05a 1.95 ± 0.15b 0.81 ± 0.04a

S, total species; N, total individual; d, Mergalef index; J, Pielou’s index; H′, Shannon index; 1-λ, Simpson index.