Table 1 Diversity index values of the bacterial communities in the different soil layers in Hunan.

From: Vertical differences in carbon metabolic diversity and dominant flora of soil bacterial communities in farmlands

Tillage

Chenzhou

Hengyang

Changsha

AWCD

Shannon

Simpson

AWCD

Shannon

Simpson

AWCD

Shannon

Simpson

T1

0.49a

3.13a

0.95a

0.52a

3.23a

0.96a

0.49a

2.94a

0.94a

T2

0.23b

2.94a

0.94a

0.43a

3.11b

0.95a

0.31b

2.95a

0.94a

T3

0.06b

2.43b

0.86b

0.21b

2.84b

0.92b

0.17c

2.82a

0.93a

T4

0.02b

2.62b

0.91a

0.12bc

2.62bc

0.91c

0.10c

2.50a

0.89a

T5

0.02b

2.60b

0.90ab

0.04c

2.45c

0.89d

0.07c

2.47a

0.89a

  1. Significant differences in the same data column are marked with different letters (p < 0.05).