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Table 1 Gene number and diversity indices for GeoChip data in three sampling sites

From: Available nitrogen is the key factor influencing soil microbial functional gene diversity in tropical rainforest

Parameter

JFL-1

JFL-2

JFL-3

No. of detected genes

26392

22902

27363

Mean No. of detected genesa

24497 ± 1355a

19469 ± 3347b

25625 ± 954a

Shannon indexa

10.09 ± 0.06a

9.85 ± 0.19b

10.14 ± 0.04a

Simpson indexa

23930 ± 1286a

19110 ± 3228b

25037 ± 932a

  1. aThe data is the mean value and standard error for eight plots. The same lowercase letters within the same row in the footnote mean the difference was not significant, whereas the difference was significant (P < 0.05)