Fig. 2

Taxonomic composition of the Culturable communities present in PSh and AFS sites. A Schematic diagram of the sample treatment for DNA collection. B Relative abundance graph of the Culturable communities in PSh and AFS, at the phylum and order taxonomy level. C Beta-diversity PCoA analysis. Bray–Curtis with Pairwise PERMANOVA (999 permutations; pseudo-F = 5.08, q = 0.005). Alpha-diversity analysis comparing the Culturable communities between PSh and AFS: D Shannon index, Kruskal–Wallis pairwise test, H value = 14.40, q = 0.0001. E observed richness, Kruskal–Wallis pairwise test H value = 3.57, q = 0.058. Alpha-diversity analysis comparing the Culturable communities with those grown on NM and SM in both PSh and AFS. F Shannon index (NM vs SM) Kruskal–Wallis pairwise test H value = 6.61, q = 0.030. G observed richness Kruskal–Wallis pairwise test (Culturable community vs. NM) H value = 13.73, q = 0.0005. Kruskal–Wallis pairwise test (Culturable community vs. SM) H value = 12.64, q = 0.0005