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Table 3 Biodiversity indexes calculated for the microbial community of inoculum, 15-day HRT, 12.5-day HRT, 10-day HRT, and 7.5-day HRT

From: Short-chain fatty acids production from maize silage: impact of stepwise hydraulic retention time reduction on microbial adaptation and process output

Biodiversity index

Inoculum

15-day HRT

12.5-day HRT

10-day HRT

7.5-day HRT

OTUs

1333

564

627

601

589

Shannon

7347

4793

5287

5287

5237