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Table 2 Species richness and diversity were estimated with the use of four indices, two in each case. The high values of the Good’s coverage index show good representation of the existing diversity in each sample. For each index, the value of the standard error is also shown

From: The effect of diet and radiation on the bacterial symbiome of the melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett)

   

Species richness indices

Species diversity indices

No.

ID

Good’s coverage

Chao1

Ace

Shannon

Simpson reciprocal

1

F_IR_BR

0.98

406.27 ± 9.74a

453.35 ± 7.74a

2.95 ± 0.00a

3.60 ± 0.01a

2

M_IR_BR

0.98

333.04 ± 4.63b

366.96 ± 5.54b

3.31 ± 0.01b

5.71 ± 0.02b

3

F_NIR_BR

0.97

583.58 ± 12.45c

594.74 ± 8.81c

4.55 ± 0.00c

12.38 ± 0.02c

4

M_NIR_BR

0.98

471.42 ± 7.25d

488.04 ± 6.94a

4.41 ± 0.00d

11.07 ± 0.02d

5

F_IR_SG

0.97

622.23 ± 13.95c

747.99 ± 13.92d

4.55 ± 0.01c

10.62 ± 0.02e

6

M_IR_SG

0.97

522.74 ± 8.63e

555.49 ± 5.04e

4.90 ± 0.00e

11.57 ± 0.04f

7

F_NIR_SG

0.98

448.09 ± 13.97d

483.93 ± 11.6a

4.00 ± 0.00f

6.91 ± 0.02g

8

M_NIR_SG

0.97

611.78 ± 9.95c

666.66 ± 11.69f

4.90 ± 0.00e

12.01 ± 0.04h

  1. For each diversity index, ANOVAs followed by the Tukey HSD test, (P value < 0.05 ). Significant differences are indicated by different letters