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Table T3. Microbial richness and evenness in Grizzly Bare sediment samples, Holes U1363B and U1363G.

Measure Similarity cutoff 1363B1H1_SC 1363B1H1_RS 1363B7X2_IW 1363B8X1_SC 1363G1H2_SC 1363G3H1_SC Extraction control
Number of sequenced clones   21 19 23 17 14 17 21
Observed OTUs 99% 18 10 5 13 11 12 2
97% 15 9 5 13 11 10 2
Estimated OTUs (Chao1) 99% 78 14 5 41 18 24 2
97% 33 12 5 41 18 15 2
Simpson’s evenness index 99% 0.02 0.14 0.27 0.05 0.03 0.06 0.90
97% 0.04 0.15 0.27 0.05 0.03 0.08 0.90
Shannon diversity index 99% 4.26 2.53 1.45 3.47 3.29 3.15 0.31
97% 3.39 2.33 1.45 3.47 3.29 2.66 0.31

OTU = operational taxonomic unit.

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