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Table 1 The diversity indices of soil bacterial and fungal communities

From: Organic mulching positively regulates the soil microbial communities and ecosystem functions in tea plantation

Depth

Sample

Diversity index

Richness estimator

Coverage (%)

Shannon

Simpson (%)

Ace

Chao1

0–20 cm

 bactria

CK1

6.45 ± 0.41a

0.66 ± 0.45a

3781.83 ± 432.04 a

3744.08 ± 398.80a

97.14

F1

6.60 ± 0.07a

0.45 ± 0.04a

3904.53 ± 198.55a

3909.83 ± 198.06a

97.02

P1

6.65 ± 0.05a

0.61 ± 0.16a

4201.73 ± 116.90a

4173.82 ± 135.26a

96.77

 fungi

CK1

4.07 ± 0.37a

3.99 ± 1.63b

593.23 ± 13.98 a

582.66 ± 23.45a

99.80

F1

3.70 ± 0.49a

6.07 ± 2.87ab

537.89 ± 13.42b

553.00 ± 13.47ab

99.80

P1

3.48 ± 0.40a

8.92 ± 2.33a

494.43 ± 35.60b

514.27 ± 30.90b

99.84

20–40 cm

 bactria

CK2

6.75 ± 0.05b

0.34 ± 0.02a

4030.42 ± 128.36c

4034.75 ± 152.51b

96.96

F2

6.80 ± 0.04b

0.34 ± 0.02a

4236.75 ± 54.29b

4163.55 ± 75.29b

96.81

P2

6.90 ± 0.06a

0.31 ± 0.03a

4576.91 ± 305.98a

4545.10 ± 331.09a

96.48

 fungi

CK2

3.92 ± 0.06a

4.80 ± 0.91a

375.66 ± 71.62a

385.11 ± 63.80a

99.94

F2

4.21 ± 0.28a

3.57 ± 1.33a

411.62 ± 84.00a

412.16 ± 85.67a

99.92

P2

3.02 ± 1.14a

20.94 ± 0.21a

455.92 ± 89.48a

461.94 ± 84.05a

99.87

  1. The mean value ± standard deviation (n = 3). Values with the same letter are not significantly different (p < 0.05)