Table 3.

Diversity and richness data for wound samples^a

Patient no.	Wound healedb	OTU 3%	OTU 5%	Shannon 3%	Shannon 5%	ACE 3%	ACE 5%	Cleaned 3%	Assemble 3%	Clusters 3%
1	No	136	55	4.15	3.22	163	59	10.18	12	14
2	No	469	181	5.47	4.45	565	204	11.2	12	10
3	No	652	321	5.84	5.00	816	384	14	13	14
4	No	326	148	4.60	3.66	397	180	11	10	13
8	No	814	391	5.98	5.04	1077	478	12.9	13	13
5	Yes	65	34	3.36	2.80	72	37	8.3	6	7
6	Yes	89	36	3.78	2.97	117	37	8.6	10	8
7	Yes	38	20	2.88	2.31	63	26	6.2	5	6
9	Yes	202	80	4.74	3.89	242	87	8.2	8	7
10	Yes	201	92	4.35	3.56	229	105	8.2	7	7

^aOTU, operational taxonomic unit; ACE, abundance-based coverage estimator; Shannon, Shannon diversity index; 3%, index derived from sequences with <3% divergence (>97% alignment with database sequence); 5%, index derived from sequences with <5% divergence (>95% alignment with database sequence).

^bSix months after baseline sample.