Review Article

A Meta-Analysis of the Bacterial and Archaeal Diversity Observed in Wetland Soils

Table 1

Diversity statistics for Archaea, Bacteria, and “Major” phylum groups. Coverage = #OTUs/rarefaction estimate; OTU and abundance were calculated using a 0.03 dissimilarity cut-off.

Group Total sequences Unclassified to phylumNumber of OTUsACEChao1Rarefaction estimationCurrent coverage (%)

Bacteria12583none638330581171761576841
 Pro57632791124727245681140
 Act78341822801088103346
 Aci134573129721693160228
 Fir97354035951856191554
 Bact224486827001887160159
Archaea1735none521113188488383
 Eur92541868150550462
 Cre81019744231132041