Table 2 Band richness and diversity indexes calculated from the 16S and 28S rRNA DGGE profiles using relative band intensities (% of band intensity in relation to total profile intensity) for the natural biofilm substrata in November 2009
Bacteria (16S) | Fungi (28S) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Biofilm surface | Band richness | Shannon index (H′) | H′ max | Simpson index (1/D) | Band richness | Shannon index (H′) | H′ max | Simpson index (1/D) |
Plant 1 | 8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 8.6 | 24 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 21.5 |
Plant 2 | 7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 27 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 28.8 |
Plant 3 | 11 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 8.3 | 27 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 25.3 |
Wood 1 | 7 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 22 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 16.9 |
Wood 2 | 8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 22 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 17.9 |
Wood 3 | 8 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 8.2 | 24 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 22.3 |
Pebble 1 | 11 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 13.1 | 17 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 13.0 |
Pebble 2 | 13 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 8.9 | 18 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 15.6 |
Pebble 3 | 11 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 9.9 | 13 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 10.3 |
River water | 15 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 13.9 | 25 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 23.5 |