Research Article

454-Pyrosequencing Analysis of Bacterial Communities from Autotrophic Nitrogen Removal Bioreactors Utilizing Universal Primers: Effect of Annealing Temperature

Table 5

Values for the Shannon index and the Simpson index of all samples analyzed in the study.

TemperatureShannon indexSimpson index

Lab MBR (T2)44°C1.5591790.4866806
45°C1.6574580.5265754
46°C0.98987540.2964455
47°C1.3986190.4398892
48°C1.5368430.480206
49°C1.6650040.4945622

Low Temperature CANON (TC)44°C2.020040.7847361
45°C3.0184840.9061173
46°C2.857640.8814217
47°C2.869510.8790168
48°C2.8608650.8741682
49°C2.8710340.8860556

Apeldoorn DEMON (A)44°C2.2973510.6694541
45°C3.5616850.9399574
46°C3.2868330.928345
47°C3.511280.9295173
48°C3.6510160.944623
49°C3.3660820.9407517

Olburgen CANON (N)44°C2.9591670.8714149
45°C3.9790320.9632393
46°C4.0390.9667856
47°C4.0213770.9636953
48°C4.0154650.9615441
49°C3.9653380.9629424

Rotterdam 2-stage anammox (R)44°C2.4976440.8499261
45°C3.9107460.9644197
46°C3.873920.9619344
47°C3.9037370.9636846
48°C3.8652360.9630658
49°C3.9021460.9643079