TABLE 3.

Estimators of bacterial diversity, richness, and coverage in soil under different treatments.

Treatments	Observed species	Diversity1		Richness2		Coverage3
		Shannon	Simpson	Chao1	ACE
CK	2515 ± 41.39b	9.18 ± 0.04a	0.996 ± 0a	2875.01 ± 237.45a	2960.92 ± 136.48a	0.989 ± 0.002a
B. cepacia ISOP5	2626 ± 47.15a	9.24 ± 0.06a	0.996 ± 0a	3006.7 ± 119.92a	3100.82 ± 42.66a	0.988 ± 0.002a
R. palustris ISP-1	2592 ± 43.39ab	9.26 ± 0.04a	0.996 ± 0a	2956.43 ± 197.5a	3033.81 ± 106.6a	0.988 ± 0.001a
MB	2599 ± 74.93ab	9.32 ± 0.15a	0.996 ± 0a	2882.55 ± 106.81a	2969.76 ± 107.52a	0.989 ± 0.002a

Data are means ± standard deviation. Values followed by different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05) according to the Fisher LSD test. ¹Based on the Shannon and Simpson diversity indices. A higher Shannon or lower Simpson index indicated higher bacterial community diversity. ²Based on the Chao1 and abundance-based coverage estimator (ACE) richness indices. ³Coverage: Good’s non-parametric coverage estimator. The higher the value, the lower the probability that the sequence was not measured in the sample. CK: fertilized with basic fertilizer containing NPK fertilizers and composted cow manure; B. cepacia ISOP5: fertilized with basic fertilizer and then applied with suspension of strain B. cepacia ISOP5; R. palustris ISP-1: fertilized with basic fertilizer and then applied with suspension of strain R. palustris ISP-1; MB, fertilized with basic fertilizer and then applied with suspensions of B. cepacia ISOP5 and R. palustris ISP-1.