Research Article

Soil Acidobacterial 16S rRNA Gene Sequences Reveal Subgroup Level Differences between Savanna-Like Cerrado and Atlantic Forest Brazilian Biomes

Table 2

Number of sequences observed and estimated richness (Ace and Chao1), diversity (Simpson and Shannon), and Good’s Coverage indexes for the tree acidobacterial areas with libraries combined, using 97% and 85% 16S RNA gene sequence similarity cutoffs.

Area sampledSimilarity cutoffNseqs1Sobs2ChaoAceShannonSimpson% coverage

Savanna (SA)97%432134321.05314.593.780.06379.86
Serra do Mar (SM)97%443192354.03483.824.810.01175.17
Serra dos Orgãos (SO)97%403210435.07667.944.950.01065.76
Savanna (SA)85%432121725.910.990.54998.84
Serra do Mar (SM)85%443131418.131.690.24399.32
Serra dos Orgãos (SO)85%4031828.538.311.640.29298.26

Number of sequences; 2sequences observed.