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Table 2 Statistics for the microbiome diversity in zoo apes

From: The saliva microbiome of Pan and Homo

Species

Number of individuals

Number of sequences

Number of OTUs

Unknown (%)

Unclassified(%)

Number of Genera

Variance between individuals (%)

Variance within individuals (%)

Bonobo

3

558

247

4.3

5.9

54

2.1

97.8

Chimpanzee

5

2263

700

8.8

4.5

135

1.7

98.3

Gorilla

4

1943

644

5.9

8.8

100

4.2

95.8

Orangutan

5

2174

562

4.9

4.3

93

0.8

99.2

  1. Unknown (%) is the percentage of sequences that do not match a sequence in the RDP database. Unclassified is the percentage of sequences that match a sequence in the RDP database for which the genus has not been classified.