The active microbial community more accurately reflects the anaerobic digestion process: 16S rRNA (gene) sequencing as a predictive tool

Table 3 Overview of the KO number statistics

	DNA		RNA
	Bacteria	Archaea	Bacteria	Archaea
Average KO numbers	5721 ± 546	2927 ± 152^a	5839 ± 564	2511 ± 330^a
Significant higher KO numbers	663	630	2522	338

Significant (P < 0.001) differences, as determined by a t test, between bacteria and archaea or between DNA and RNA are indicated by letter “^a”. Significant higher KO numbers were determined based on a significant higher relative abundance on DNA or RNA level

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