Conversion from natural wetlands to paddy field alters the composition of soil bacterial communities in Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China

Table 4 Pairwise comparisons of phylotype compositions of 16S rRNA gene libraries from a paddy field soil and two natural wetland soils in the Sanjiang Plain, NE China

Sample	Sorensen similarity index for the libraries
	3 % dissimilarity		5 % dissimilarity		15 % dissimilarity
	Paddy field	Carex lasiocarpa	Paddy field	Carex lasiocarpa	Paddy field	Carex lasiocarpa
Carex lasiocarpa	0.0325		0.053		0.075
Deyeuxia angustifolia	0.075	0.171	0.075	0.178	0.167	0.364

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