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. 2009 Oct 9;4(10):e7370. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007370

Table 1. Diversity estimates for human respiratory tract DNA viromes.

Sample Species Richness Evenness Shannon Index
NonCF1Asthma 164 0.89 4.52
NonCF2 156 0.95 4.81
NonCF3 113 0.94 4.45
NonCF4Spouse 187 0.94 4.92
NonCF5 594 0.86 5.46
NonCF Mean 243 0.92 4.83
CF1 69 0.85 3.85
CF2 154 0.86 4.34
CF3 104 0.8 4.32
CF4 121 0.92 4.42
CF5 75 0.84 3.91
CF Mean 105 0.85 4.17
Overall Mean 174 0.89 4.5

Repeated sets of 10000 random sequences were retrieved from each metagenome and assembled to obtain contig spectra. Diversity modeling based on contig spectra was performed with PHACCs, using a logarithmic model and an average genome size of 50 kb.