Table 3.

Richness and diversity estimation for bacterial community, as indicated by Chao1, Shannon and Simpson indices, in 3 SI segments (duodenum, ileum and jejunum) of the 4 emus sampled.

Intestine		Species richness	Species diversity
Compartment	Sample	Indices	Indices
		Chao1	Shannon	Simpson
Duodenum	D1	145.36	2.92	0.88
	D2	259.92	1.95	0.62
	D3	93	1.81	0.74
	D4	101.55	1.2	0.57
	Mean ± SD	150 ± 77	1.97 ± 0.71	0.7 ± 0.14
Ileum	I1	322.89	3.88	0.93
	I2	118.75	3.04	0.92
	I3	112.67	1.78	0.64
	I4	102.91	1.63	0.6
	Mean ± SD	164 ± 106	2.58 ± 1.1	0.78 ± 0.18
Jejunum	J1	76	2.99	0.9
	J2	152	3	0.89
	J3	32.5	0.74	0.39
	J4	101.67	1.24	0.6
	Mean ± SD	91 ± 50	1.99 ± 1.18	0.7 ± 0.25
Cecum1	Mean ± SD	624 ± 170	3.40 ± 0.20	0.79 ± 0.02

¹Darin et al.¹³.