Table 1 α-diversity index of bacterial communities in straw decomposition.

From: Characteristics of rice straw decomposition and bacterial community succession for 2 consecutive years in a paddy field in southeastern China

Time (month)

OTUs

ACE

Chaol

Shannon

Simpson

Coverage

0

282.3c

291.5c

287.2c

3.0c

0.157a

0.998a

2

638.7b

1218.3b

883.2b

4.3b

0.036b

0.992a

7

2206.7a

2731.1a

2679.1a

6.1a

0.005c

0.982a

12

2468.0a

2960.2a

2885.1a

6.6a

0.005c

0.981a

20

2278.7a

2751.6a

2683.3a

6.3a

0.003c

0.982a

24

2339.7a

2806.5a

2742.2a

6.5a

0.003c

0.983a

  1. The data represents the mean (n = 3). Different lower-case letters in one column indicate significant differences among treatments (P < 0.05).
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