Table 1 Statistical analysis of microbial diversity in the soil around the Qarhan Salt Lake on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau.

From: Diversity of prokaryotic microorganisms in alkaline saline soil of the Qarhan Salt Lake area in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Classification

Sample

Sequence number

OTUs

Chao

Shannon

Simpson

Coverage

Shannoneven

Bacteria

QSB

42,785

283

284.909

2.535

0.273

0.99984

0.449

QSG1

39,352

266

266.857

2.690

0.216

0.99990

0.482

QSG2

44,574

161

161.000

2.133

0.284

0.99998

0.420

QSG3

41,922

272

272.500

2.529

0.239

0.99995

0.451

QSG4

36,930

117

117.250

1.661

0.427

0.99995

0.349

Archaea

QSB

54,738

10

10.000

1.647

0.240

1.00000

0.715

QSG1

54,344

2

2.000

0.690

0.504

1.00000

0.995

QSG2

58,870

20

20.000

2.570

0.095

0.99998

0.858

QSG3

52,600

6

6.000

1.473

0.275

1.00000

0.822

QSG4

62,756

7

7.000

1.798

0.176

1.00000

0.924