Table 1 Comparison of the estimated operational taxonomic unit (OUT) richness and diversity indices of the 16S rRNA gene libraries for clustering at 97% identity as obtained from the pyrosequencing analysis.
Chao1 | observed_species | PD_whole_tree | Shannon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Branch river control | 18169 ± 686 | 9123 ± 501 | 786 ± 26 | 11.52 ± 0.19 |
Upstream control | 18016 ± 435 | 8667 ± 177 | 755 ± 23 | 11.42 ± 0.03 |
Sewage outfall | 15627 ± 1545 | 7690 ± 693 | 678 ± 51 | 11.12 ± 0.15 |
Dosing sites | 16743 ± 737 | 8289 ± 271 | 735 ± 24 | 11.32 ± 0.08 |
Midstream | 17725 ± 820 | 8623 ± 440 | 754 ± 38 | 11.38 ± 0.19 |
Farmland | 15691 ± 1855 | 8104 ± 669 | 723 ± 53 | 11.21 ± 0.25 |