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.