Table 5. Richness and diversity indexes relative to each fecal sample (OTU cutoff of 0.03).
Group | Reads | OTUs | Alpha diversity | |||
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ACE | Chao1 | Shannon | Simpson | |||
Low sn-2 PA | 31462 ± 5022 | 485 ± 80 | 541.5 ± 78.8 | 546.5 ± 73.8 | 4.39 ± 0.47 | 0.034 ± 0.016 |
Medium sn-2 PA | 33490 ± 3656 | 499 ± 43 | 556.0 ± 31.7 | 559.5 ± 33.4 | 4.42 ± 0.24 | 0.029 ± 0.008 |
High sn-2 PA | 30494 ± 6201 | 486 ± 48 | 552.5 ± 42.0 | 557.5 ± 44.4 | 4.33 ± 0.48 | 0.039 ± 0.026 |
P | 0.49 | 0.88 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.92 | 0.89 |
The results are the mean ± SD of 8 animals per group. P values were determined by one-way ANOVA followed by post hoc Tukey’s multiple comparison test.