Table 1 Physico-chemical features and bacterial community diversity of Favignana sandy beaches
From: Composition of supralittoral sediments bacterial communities in a Mediterranean island
Sample | Mean no. T-RFsa | Mean bacterial 16S rRNA gene copies (copies/g of sand)a | % Humidity | Organic carbon (%) | Texture (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gravel | Sand | Silt | Clay | |||||
Lido Burrone shore-line | 9.0 ± 0 | 3.9 ± 1.2x104 | 0.26 | 5.93 | n.d. | 97.9 | 2.0 | n.d. |
Lido Burrone mid-line | 6.7 ± 0.6 | 1.7 ± 0.4x104 | 0.02 | 5.79 | n.d. | 99.5 | 0.5 | n.d. |
Lido Burrone upper-line | 6.7 ± 1.5 | 1.2 ± 1.1x104 | 0.1 | 5.90 | 0.3 | 97.6 | 2.0 | 0.1 |
Faraglioni shore-line | 9.7 ± 0.6 | 1.3 ± 0.6x105 | 0.20 | 9.76 | 1.0 | 99.0 | n.d. | n.d. |
Faraglioni mid-line | 7.0 ± 0 | 7.6 ± 1.5x104 | 0.02 | 8.96 | n.d. | 100 | n.d. | n.d. |
Faraglioni upper-line | 5.7 ± 0.6 | 6.9 ± 0.8x104 | 0.04 | 8.52 | n.d. | 100 | n.d. | n.d. |
Praja shore-line | 8.7 ± 0.6 | 4.6 ± 1.1x104 | 0.18 | 6.56 | 10.8 | 87.4 | 1.8 | 0.1 |
Praja mid-line | 7.0 ± 0.6 | 3.2 ± 0.3x104 | 0.03 | 7.14 | n.d. | 98.5 | 1.4 | 0.1 |
Praja upper-line | 4.7 ± 1.0 | 3.4 ± 0.5x104 | 0.01 | 6.76 | 0.3 | 97.8 | 1.9 | 0.1 |