DGGE profiles of fungal 18S rRNA gene amplicons derived from the leaf litter of the plant species A: <i>Baccaure ramiflora</i>, B: <i>Hevea brasiliensis</i>, C: <i>Pleioblastus amarus</i> and D: <i>Pometi tomentos</i>.

<p>The numbers of days of incubations are indicated. Each sampling day has two replicates of separate incubations denote by A and B. The arrows indicate the bands that have sequences affiliated to <i>Aspergillus</i> (day 1) and <i>Pleosporales</i> (day 42).</p

Richness and diversity of microbial communities of the leaf litter of 4 plant species during 42 days incubation A: number of bands obtained from DGGE analysis of bacterial 16S rRNA gene PCR amplicons, B: Shannon’s index calculated from bacterial DGGE profiles, C: number of bands obtained from DGGE analysis of fungal 18S rRNA gene PCR amplicons, and D: Shannon’s index calculated from fungal DGGE profiles.

<p>The plant species <i>Baccaure ramiflora, Hevea brasiliensis, Pleioblastus amarus</i> and <i>Pometi tomentos</i> were denoted by Br, Hb, Pa and Pt, respectively.</p