From: Bacterial diversity at different stages of the composting process
 | Sample | Age (d)1 | Number of sequences | Number of OTUs | ACE estimate | ACE coverage % | Chao1 estimate | Chao1 coverage % | Simpson's Reciprocal Index | Simpson's Index of Diversity |
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Full-scale process | FS1 | 0 | 28 | 23 | 79.58 | 28.90 | 83.17 | 27.66 | 2.17 | 0.54 |
 | FS2 | 1 | 135 | 46 | 97.76 | 47.06 | 91.56 | 50.24 | 23.55 | 0.96 |
 | FS3 | 2-3 | 47 | 24 | 103.72 | 23.14 | 52.90 | 45.37 | 7.40 | 0.86 |
 | FS4 | 7 | 50 | 26 | 79.66 | 32.64 | 66.50 | 39.10 | 7.61 | 0.87 |
 | FS5 | 1 | 69 | 37 | 217.00 | 17.05 | 262.00 | 14.12 | 5.37 | 0.81 |
 | FS7 | 0 | 47 | 43 | 252.63 | 17.02 | 233.13 | 18.45 | 1.45 | 0.31 |
 | FS8 | 21 | 118 | 60 | 148.23 | 40.48 | 160.00 | 37.50 | 8.70 | 0.89 |
 | FS9 | 1 | 81 | 33 | 86.18 | 38.29 | 77.10 | 42.80 | 14.66 | 0.93 |
 | FS10 | 2-3 | 38 | 31 | 119.31 | 25.98 | 143.67 | 21.58 | 2.14 | 0.53 |
 | FS11 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 12.00 | 66.67 | 12.00 | 66.67 | 36.14 | 0.97 |
Pilot-scale process | PS1 | 4 | 314 | 128 | 672.07 | 19.05 | 658.45 | 19.44 | 9.26 | 0.89 |
 | PS2 | 39 | 163 | 50 | 186.78 | 26.77 | 179.60 | 27.84 | 20.60 | 0.95 |
 | PS3 | 4 | 88 | 10 | 66.00 | 15.15 | - | - | 136.71 | 0.99 |
 | PS4 | 8 | 60 | 26 | 67.45 | 38.55 | 66.50 | 39.10 | 11.13 | 0.91 |
 | PS5 | 6 | 73 | 25 | 64.79 | 38.58 | 65.50 | 38.17 | 16.53 | 0.94 |
 | PS6 | 10 | 65 | 36 | 104.71 | 34.38 | 127.50 | 50.98 | 6.69 | 0.85 |
 | PS7 | 15 | 78 | 23 | 46.36 | 49.61 | 65.25 | 35.25 | 37.07 | 0.97 |
 | PS8 | 19 | 83 | 28 | 62.02 | 45.15 | 76.17 | 36.76 | 24.13 | 0.96 |