Table 2.
Microbial community richness and diversity indices of the four Allium species at a 97% similarity threshold.
| Sample | Nseqs | OTUs | Coverage | Chao | Ace | Shannon | Npshannon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL | 5121.33 ± 1503.40a | 435.33 ± 55.19a | 0.98 ± 0.01a | 484.10 ± 48.97a | 494.02 ± 44.63a | 4.95 ± 0.11a | 5.03 ± 0.10a |
| WO | 1071.67 ± 564.35b | 70.00 ± 35.10b | 0.98 ± 0.01a | 91.70 ± 47.00b | 110.32 ± 51.25c | 2.54 ± 0.51b | 2.62 ± 0.53b |
| GA | 1433.33 ± 117.02b | 113.67 ± 24.10b | 0.97 ± 0.00a | 176.82 ± 28.97b | 243.01 ± 15.87b | 3.07 ± 0.29b | 3.18 ± 0.30b |
| ON | 2093.33 ± 995.73ab | 110.00 ± 26.84b | 0.97 ± 0.01a | 165.59 ± 26.48b | 200.50 ± 35.24bc | 3.04 ± 0.30b | 3.14 ± 0.27b |
Note: Nseqs, number of sequences analyzed; OTU, operational taxonomical unit; ACE, abundance-based coverage estimator. Values are means ± standard error (n = 3). Different letters indicate statistically significant differences at the 0.05 probability level according to Fisher’s least significant difference (LSD) test. CL: Chinese leek; WO: Welsh onion; GA: Garlic; ON: onion.