Fig. 1From: Comparison of targeted metagenomics and IS-Pro methods for analysing the lung microbiomeThe alpha diversity box-plot of the sputum microbiome of COPD participants comparing targeted metagenomics and IS-Pro methods (n = 23) for Shannon and Simpson diversity measures. Each dot on the graph represents a sample. The boxes represent the interquartile range (IQR) and the horizontal line represents the median. The median values for the Shannon diversity measure were as follows: (i) 16 S rRNA sequencing = 2.732 and (ii) IS-Pro method = 2.183. The median values for the Simpson diversity measures were as follows: (i) targeted metagenomics = 0.866 and (ii) IS-Pro method = 0.851Back to article page