Table 5. The alpha diversity (measured in Hill numbers) of the pre-chemotherapy, post-chemotherapy, and healthy milk microbiome samples.

Network	Sample ID	q = 0	q = 1	q = 2	q = 3	q = 4
Pre-chemotherapy samples	0A	57	19.264	10.856	8.280	7.172
	2A	59	8.227	3.185	2.487	2.257
	4A	59	7.357	4.389	3.644	3.307
	6A	57	9.131	5.772	4.910	4.534
	10A	53	11.532	7.756	6.406	5.715
	12A	51	3.063	2.078	1.867	1.770
	14A	54	10.756	6.167	5.000	4.487
	16A	51	1.514	1.178	1.133	1.117
Mean		55	8.856	5.173	4.216	3.795
Post-chemotherapy samples	0B	61	28.335	20.045	16.248	14.188
	2B	61	11.679	4.406	3.214	2.833
	4B	56	11.432	6.827	5.530	4.938
	6B	48	5.863	3.872	3.389	3.165
	10B	54	11.055	7.525	6.671	6.308
	12B	46	2.851	2.187	2.056	1.986
	14B	57	6.996	4.408	3.651	3.303
	16B	55	7.533	3.871	3.114	2.811
Mean		55	10.718	6.643	5.484	4.942
Healthy samples	H1	46	22.130	14.242	11.362	10.030
	H2A	42	15.721	10.483	8.897	8.149
	H2B	44	18.051	10.976	8.642	7.584
	H3	50	20.789	14.849	12.792	11.775
	H5	42	20.522	14.271	11.929	10.777
	H6	52	22.699	14.082	10.243	8.422
	H7	44	19.175	11.909	9.591	8.564
	H8	46	18.674	11.846	9.465	8.314
	H10	48	15.379	8.988	7.048	6.189
Mean		46	19.238	12.405	9.997	8.867