Table 1.

Pyrosequencing reads, refOTUs, and coverage

Subject	Reads (range per sample)	Observed refOTUs (range per sample)	Estimated refOTUs* ± SEM	Good's coverage (range per sample)	Phyla
D	506,662 (5,901–16,415)	1,732 (137–552)	2,621 ± 163	0.9993 (0.969−0.994)	8
E	672,947 (7,013–41,901)	2,019 (336–796)	2,787 ± 110	0.9995 (0.973−0.995)	10
F	581,365 (6,426–14,583)	1,610 (135–596)	2,267 ± 73	0.9994 (0.981−0.995)	7
Total	1,760,974	2,691	3,520 ± 139	0.9998	11

*Parametric estimate of total refOTU richness by best-fitting model of abundance distribution (12).