Table 2.
Alpha-diversity of hindgut communities of Periplaneta fuliginosa and P. americana with and without parasitic nematodes (La, Leidynema appendiculatum; Hd, Hammerschmidtiella diesingi; Tb, Thelastoma bulhoesi)
| Library | Description | OTU | PD | H′ | 1-D | |||
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| L1978 | Periplaneta fuliginosa | La | Hindgut | 534 | 667 | 31.05 | 7.62 | 0.99 |
| L1982 | Free | 277 | 330 | 17.02 | 6.44 | 0.97 | ||
| L1983 | Periplaneta americana | HdTb | 445 | 520 | 26.92 | 7.53 | 0.99 | |
| L1984 | La | 286 | 315 | 17.36 | 6.71 | 0.98 | ||
| L1985 | Free | 398 | 472 | 26.38 | 7.21 | 0.99 | ||
Species richness (number of OTUs) was estimated with Chao1 (8). Obs and PD indicate the number of OTUs observed in each treatment and phylogenetic diversity, respectively. Diversity and evenness were estimated by Shannon (H′) and Simpson (1-D) indexes.