Comparison of gut microbial communities, free amino acids or fatty acids contents in the muscle of wild Aristichthys nobilis from Xinlicheng reservoir and Chagan lake

Table 4 Number of sequences analyzed, observed diversity richness (OTUs), estimated OTU richness (ACE and Chao1), the diversity index (Shannon and Simpson) and estimated sample coverage for 16S rDNA libraries of the different samples

group	OTUs^a	ACE^b	Chao1	Simpson	Shannon	Coverage
CA	185	278.5716	226.4375	0.2348	1.8633	0.9997
CJ	552	554.06	554.5	0.0135	5.2832	0.9999
XA	304	318.6016	331.0	0.2586	1.9111	0.9998
XJ	333	344.209	349.2353	0.2181	2.6504	0.9999

^a The operational taxonomic units (OTU) were defined at the 97% similarity level
^b The richness estimators (ACE and Chao1), diversity indices (Shannon and Simpson) and coverage percentage (coverage) were generated with Mothur programme
CJ Chagan lake juvenile fish; CA Chagan lake adult fish; XJ Xinlicheng reservoir juvenile fish; XA Xinlicheng reservoir adult fish

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