TABLE 5.
Bifidobacterium and Bacteroidales sequence diversity and richness estimators
| Parameter | Fecal population
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Bifidobacterium | Bacteroidales | |
| No. of sequences | 356 | 366 |
| No. of OTUs (98%) | 22 | 116 |
| No. of singletons | 5 | 85 |
| Chao 1 estimator of OTU richness | 28 | 455 |
| Chao 1 95% confidence interval | 23-62 | 280-821 |
| ACE estimator of OTU richness | 28 | 1,089 |
| ACE SD | 0.4 | 121 |
| Shannon's index of diversity | 2.5 | 3.7 |
| Simpson's index of diversity | 9.5 | 16.1 |