Table 1 Bacterial 16S rRNA amplicon diversity analysis of bioreactor samples treated with AgNPs.
Untreated Bioreactor | Bioreactor 1 | Bioreactor 2 | Bioreactor 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sequences (post filtering) | 40923 | 40336 | 37462 | 37452 |
Rarefraction deptha | 10431 | 10431 | 10431 | 10431 |
OTUs (97% similarity) | 2458 | 1609 | 1529 | 1544 |
OTUs ≥ 1% | 7 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Chao (mean ± SEMb) | 1758 ± 31 | 999 ± 50 | 922 ± 35 | 902 ± 61 |
Faith’s Phylogenetic Index (mean ± SEM) | 64 ± 0.8 | 28 ± 1.0 | 27 ± 0.6 | 26 ± 1.4 |
Sequence length | 271–371 | 271–361 | 271–365 | 271–366 |
Base pair average | 304 | 298 | 297 | 295 |