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. 2016 Oct 26;11(10):e0164894. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164894

Table 5. Richness and diversity indexes relative to each fecal sample (OTU cutoff of 0.03).

Group Reads OTUs Alpha diversity
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.