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Fig. 3 | Environmental Microbiome

Fig. 3

From: The selection of copiotrophs may complicate biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in microbial dilution-to-extinction experiments

Fig. 3

The relationships between taxonomic diversity and ecosystem functions in the microcosm study. The relationship between functional diversity and (a) species richness and (b) Shannon index. The functional diversity represents the diversity of carbon substrate utilization using Biolog Ecoplate™ when the average well color development is closest to 0.5. The relationship between average well color development (AWCD) and (c) species richness as well as (d) Shannon index. The AWCD is measured three days’ culture and further corrected by initial cell density. Richness is logarithmically transformed based on 10. The lines show the result of linear regression and the shaded areas represent 95% confidence intervals. r represents the Pearson’s correlation and *** represents P < 0.001, ** represents P < 0. 01, and * represents P < 0.05.

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Environmental Microbiome

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