Table 1 Alpha diversity of bacteria and fungi in roots, rhizosheath, rhizosphere soil and non-rhizosphere soil.

From: Isolation of rhizosheath and analysis of microbial community structure around roots of Stipa grandis

Microorganism

Sample name

Observed species

Shannon

Simpson’s

Chao1

ACE

Good’s coverage

Bacteria

Endophytic

2769.0 ± 143.9d

5.41 ± 0.31c

0.82 ± 0.03b

3210.4 ± 159.4d

3312.3 ± 174.8d

0.989 ± 0.001

Root epidermis

3287.4 ± 213.2c

8.87 ± 0.46b

0.99 ± 0.01a

3714.6 ± 248.7c

3798.1 ± 266.4c

0.989 ± 0.001

Rhizosheath

3919.2 ± 187.9b

9.77 ± 0.28a

1.00 ± 0.00a

4392.5 ± 145.6b

4444.4 ± 156.3b

0.988 ± 0.000

Rhizosphere soil

4278.6 ± 256.5a

10.10 ± 0.10a

1.00 ± 0.00a

4858.4 ± 512.0a

4938.6 ± 504.8a

0.986 ± 0.003

Fungi

Endophytic

230.2 ± 27.5b

2.38 ± 0.59b

0.62 ± 0.14b

264.3 ± 34.5b

278.1 ± 37.7b

0.999 ± 0.000

Root epidermis

223.8 ± 29.2b

2.61 ± 0.75b

0.68 ± 0.15b

260.8 ± 33.4b

272.6 ± 31.3b

0.999 ± 0.000

Rhizosheath

532.2 ± 65.5a

5.11 ± 0.62a

0.89 ± 0.06a

597.7 ± 65.4a

613.4 ± 68.8a

0.998 ± 0.000

Rhizosphere soil

563.0 ± 70.9a

5.64 ± 0.44a

0.93 ± 0.04a

693.9 ± 163.6a

656.6 ± 83.6a

0.998 ± 0.001

  1. Different lowercase letters in the same column indicate significant differences between bacterial or fungal groups (p < 0.05).