TABLE 2.
Bacterial and archaeal features obtained after processing the amplicon sequencing data through PANAM pipeline.
| Saltern operation phase | Nature of the sample | Sampling sites | Total no of reads obtained | Total no of Bacterial reads | Total no of Archaeal reads | Total no of Bacterial OTUs | Total no of Archaeal OTUs |
| ISH | Brine | RP | 402348 | 262738 | 139610 | 360 | 451 |
| EP | 853366 | 419973 | 433393 | 291 | 519 | ||
| CP | 502356 | 46682 | 455674 | 46 | 523 | ||
| Sediment | RP | 5967 | 1021 | 4946 | 255 | 706 | |
| EP | 8997 | 1242 | 7755 | 170 | 915 | ||
| CP | 4282 | 1716 | 2566 | 180 | 223 | ||
| PSH | Brine | RP | 589275 | 430437 | 158818 | 262 | 436 |
| EP | 916698 | 172556 | 744142 | 34 | 602 | ||
| CP | 862086 | 160566 | 701520 | 161 | 750 | ||
| Sediment | RP | 14691 | 3746 | 10945 | 293 | 592 | |
| EP | 10320 | 3358 | 6962 | 371 | 588 | ||
| CP | 6458 | 3285 | 3173 | 215 | 376 |