A local golf course is notorious for using many different chemicals on their grass to get that perfect lawn. Concerns about the effects of these chemicals has led you to sample soils from the golf course and adjacent lots so that you can compare the microbial communities. What techniques will allow you to separate the culturable species to compare the samples for species richness?

OTU count in the samples collected.

Explanation:

Species richness refers to different kind of organisms present in the garden. There can be more than one type of micro organisms present in the garden area. To identify the different kinds of microbial communities present in the garden area a sample should be collected and then and OTU count test needs to be performed to ensure there are certain types of microbial present.