Table 2. Sequencing data with richness and diversity estimation of bacterial taxa in three groups of laryngeal mucosa.
| Group | Cut off | Reads | OTUs | ACE | 95% CI | Chao | 95% CI | Shannon | Simpson | Coverage | ||
| Tumor* | 0.03 | 63688 | 3334 | 6942.95 | 6694.58 | 7209.67 | 5294.85 | 5032.67 | 5597.50 | 6.21 | 0.005 | 0.98 |
| Adjacent§ | 0.03 | 35654 | 2639 | 5197.44 | 4992.29 | 5420.48 | 4205.07 | 3973.68 | 4476.57 | 6.05 | 0.007 | 0.97 |
| Control† | 0.03 | 43780 | 2378 | 4744.93 | 4548.94 | 4958.61 | 3720.68 | 3512.81 | 3966.64 | 5.42 | 0.015 | 0.98 |
*
LSCC tumor group;
§
normal tissue adjacent to tumor group;
†
control group. The operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were defined at 3% dissimilarity level. The coverage percentage (Good), richness estimators (ACE and Chao1) and diversity indices (Shannon and Simpson) were calculated by the Mothur analysis.