Table 1.

The number of sequence reads and OTUs detected in 4 emus. Cecum data are obtained from Bennett et al.¹³

	Sequence reads		Number of OTU
	Total	Mean ± SE	Total	Mean ± SE
Duodenum	165,585	13,220 ± 290	343	125.0 ± 32.6
Jejunum		15,285 ± 2,366	219	75.3 ± 21.3
Ileum		12,982 ± 1,062	438	145.3 ± 48.7
Cecum1	69,194	17,299 ± 2,113	821	335.0 ± 70.3

¹Darin et al.¹³.