Table 2.
Sample | No. of reads | Average read length (bp) | No. of detected OTUs | Average No. of observed species | Average Shannon diversity index |
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H1 current method | 8602 | 530 | 696 | ∼611 | 6.346 |
H2 current method | 6323 | 530 | 497 | ∼635 | 6.852 |
H1 method A | 16,640 | 530 | 870 | ∼515 | 5.795 |
H2 method A | 22,697 | 530 | 844 | ∼496 | 5.245 |
Note: H1 and H2 represent metagenomic DNA isolated from fresh human feces of healthy individuals. OTU, operational taxonomic unit.