. 2017 Apr 21;17:97. doi: 10.1186/s12866-017-1011-9

Table 1.

Dietary treatments for unique OTUs, richness estimates, and diversity indices within the fecal content

Item	Treatment^a			SEM^b	p value
Item	CON	EML	SMFP	SEM^b	p value
SeqsNum	166,882.30	184,494.30	178,779.30	19,052.18	0.8
OTUsNum	7498.00	6932.75	6503.25	610.56	0.54
EvenSeqsNum	100,000	100,000	100,000	-	-
EvenOTUsNum	5866.00	5253.00	5012.75	346.74	0.25
PD-whole-tree	214.29	196.79	191.16	10.17	0.29
Observed species	5866.00	5253.00	5012.75	346.74	0.25
Good’s coverage	0.97	0.98	0.98	0.00	0.22
Richness estimate
Chao1	11,386.85	9787.32	8929.23	834.02	0.16
ACE	11,616.52	9930.3	8982.59	937.71	0.19
Diversity indices
Simpson	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.45
Shannon	9.70	9.58	9.50	0.10	0.37

^a CON Control (n = 4), EML Ensiled mulberry leaves (n = 4), SMFP Sun-dried mulberry fruit pomace (n = 4)

^bSEM: standard error of the mean