Table 1. Number of sequences obtained from fecal samples from dogs fed either a low-fiber diet (C) or a fiber-supplemented diet (BP) and similarity-based species richness estimates obtained from 2000-sequence subsamples using DOTUR.
| Sample | Total Sequences | Parameters calculated using 2,000-sequence subsamples | ||
| OTU1 | ACE2 (95% CI) | Chao3 (95% CI) | ||
| G_C | 2,707 | 147 | 249 (204 – 328) | 231 (188 – 319) |
| G_BP | 2,691 | 134 | 176 (156 – 215) | 179 (153 – 238) |
| M_C | 3,136 | 146 | 199 (175 – 242) | 182 (163 – 223) |
| M_BP | 2,900 | 128 | 163 (145 – 198) | 169 (145 – 225) |
| O_C | 3,529 | 134 | 167 (151 – 200) | 160 (145 – 196) |
| O_BP | 9,294 | 105 | 124 (113 – 148) | 121 (111 – 151) |
| S_C | 2,587 | 136 | 181 (160 – 221) | 169 (151 – 211) |
| S_BP | 3,762 | 112 | 140 (125 – 173) | 156 (128 – 229) |
| V_C | 5,869 | 113 | 135 (123 – 161) | 143 (124 – 194) |
| V_BP | 3,013 | 130 | 190 (161 – 246) | 205 (163 – 301) |
| Mixed_C | 14,022 | 120 | 157 (138 – 195) | 190 (148 – 295) |
| Mixed_BP | 24,261 | 136 | 166 (151 – 196) | 179 (154 – 239) |
1
Operational Taxonomical Unit at 96% similarity.
2
Abundance-based Coverage Estimator.
3
Bias-corrected Chao1 richness estimate.