Table 1.

Diversity statistics among reads from grouped samples

Feed efficiency group	Sampling type	No. of sequences	No. of OTUsa,b	Chao1b	Shannon diversity indexb	Equitabilityb	Good’s coverage (%)
ADGhigh–ADFIchigh	Subsampled readsd	100,000	5,764 ± 878	9,638 ± 2,004	7.85 ± 0.52	0.58 ± 0.02	97.13 ± 0.59
ADGhigh–ADFIclow	Subsampled readsd	100,000	6,098 ± 1,028	9,874 ± 1,853	8.15 ± 0.39	0.60 ± 0.02	97.02 ± 0.60
ADGlow–ADFIclow	Subsampled readsd	100,000	6,714 ± 1,148	11,538 ± 2,333	8.27 ± 0.49	0.60 ± 0.03	96.53 ± 0.71
ADGlow–ADFIchigh	Subsampled readsd	100,000	6,063 ± 1,129	10,052 ± 2,003	7.92 ± 0.74	0.59 ± 0.02	96.99 ± 0.61

^aOTUs represents operational taxonomic units.

^bWithin a column, means for the individual subsamples did not differ (P < 0.05).

^c n = 8 among groups.

^dMeans among the groups were compared using ANOVA and the Tukey’s test.