Table 1. Alpha diversity indices.

	α diversity		Phylogenetic diversity
Sample	Observed	Shannon	Faith PD	Faith PD rare	Faith PD abundant
ITS data
1	322	1.827	86.309	42.596	18.161
2	226	2.713	60.622	40.846	14.516
3	199	3.062	47.289	30.370	14.774
4	270	1.783	83.008	51.513	16.287
6	383	2.501	131.435	75.352	28.794
7	337	2.008	114.983	60.352	18.865
16S rDNA data
1	1,761	6.863	544.704	290.491	44.159
2	2,399	7.402	789.807	368.430	84.442
3	1,068	6.256	211.745	156.204	20.064
4	1,564	6.499	500.787	259.828	40.627
5	1,344	6.882	220.536	172.299	21.557
6	2,345	6.301	851.168	302.103	131.337
7	2,156	6.838	759.536	328.238	97.486
8	1,195	6.487	205.987	139.839	22.798
9	544	6.126	160.368	94.201	18.577
10	828	5.115	283.017	148.655	36.514

Note:

Alpha diversity indices for 16S rDNA data and Forward-Only ITS region data from Archaean Domes CCB microbial mats.