Table 4. Number of 16S rRNA gene sequences^a and taxa obtained from the digesta-adherent microbiome of all animals and sampling times^b.

Parameters	Total	Average per animal	SD	Min	Max
Trimmed readsc	327300	15586	1324.4	12299	17341
Quality readsd	110585	5266	360.4	4607	5986
Number of OTUse	1539	821	70.3	653	926
Bacterial taxaf	74	57	3.5	51	62

^aAverage length of sequence (nt) = 519 and covers the V1-V3 region.

^bNumber of barcoded samples = 21.

^cSequence reads after quality trimming in QIIME.

^dSequence reads after clustering with CD-HIT-OTU.

^eNumber of OTUs clustered at 96% similarity.

^fNumber of taxonomic groups, identified to the genus level if possible. The higher level taxa may contain several genera.