Table 3 Estimates of bacterial diversity in the soil samples obtained after the treatments and spinach cultivation
Soil sample | Pre-treatment | UTC | BSD | CP | UTC-spinach | BSD-spinach | CP-spinach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number of clones | 85 | 66 | 68 | 80 | 75 | 79 | 67 |
Total number of OTUs | 38 | 42 | 30 | 25 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
Coverage (%) | 76.5 | 60.6 | 73.5 | 88.7 | 76.0 | 77.2 | 70.1 |
Simpson’s index | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.89 | 0.93 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.98 |
Shannon-Wiener index | 4.87 | 5.19 | 4.01 | 4.10 | 4.87 | 4.87 | 5.05 |