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Table 1 Number of sequences retrieved, number of OTUs and alpha diversity indexes

From: The microbiota in the intestinal and respiratory tracts of naked mole-rats revealed by high-throughput sequencing

Variable (Average)

Trachea

Cecum

1st collection

2nd collection

1st collection

2nd collection

Sequence number

17,560 ± 1786

30,872 ± 6892

20,571 ± 2280

34,470 ± 4870

OTUs

2445 ± 790

304 ± 74

3358 ± 887

304 ± 48

Coverage

0.915 ± 0.028

0.995 ± 0.001

0.893 ± 0.037

0.997 ± 0.001

Shannon

4.85 ± 0.77

2.67 ± 0.19

5.61 ± 0.73

3.17 ± 0.48

Chao1

5386.31 ± 1761.64

610.22 ± 141.98

8830.93 ± 2567.26

592.40 ± 122.48

ACE

8259.34 ± 2864.72

918.44 ± 238.74

13,870.80 ± 4780.53

674.65 ± 151.16

Simpson

0.075 ± 0.070

0.136 ± 0.026

0.034 ± 0.031

0.146 ± 0.088

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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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