. 2018 Jul 31;9:1710. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01710

Table 1.

Summary of α-diversity measurements.

Ciliate genera	Prokaryotic fraction^*	Raw sequences	Quality sequences	No. of OTUs^#	Chao1	Simpson	Shannon	Phylogenetic diversity	Goods Coverage (%)
MONOCULTURES
Entodinium caudatum	FLP	80,257^a	5,616^a	125^a	248^a	0.91^b	5.09	16.6^a	86.1^b
	CAP	14,882^b	1,182^b	78^b	96^b	0.95^a	5.24	12.3^b	95.9^a
Epidinium caudatum	FLP	66,454^a	6,505^a	102^a	230^a	0.85	4.35	15.4^a	88.1^b
	CAP	15,241^b	1,906^b	75^b	92^b	0.89	4.71	12.8^b	95.7^a
FRESHLY ISOLATED CILIATES
Rumen fluid	FLP	43,316	33,630	269^a	443^a	0.95	6.46^a	26.3	90.1^b
Dasytricha	CAP	47,162	15,239	80^b	96^b	0.96	5.33^b	13.5^c	98.9^a
Diplodinium	CAP	28,224	10,505	87^b	100^b	0.97	5.45^b	14.3^bc	98.8^a
Diploplastron	CAP	46,066	24,845	130^b	144^b	0.97	6.02^ab	19.6^b	98.3^a
Entodinium	CAP	39,364	20,029	111^b	128^b	0.96	5.56^b	16.2^bc	98.2^a
Epidinium	CAP	32,375	16,601	95^b	110^b	0.97	5.66^b	15.4^bc	98.8^a
Isotricha	CAP	34,608	12,699	97^b	111^b	0.96	5.56^b	15.5^bc	98.7^a
Ophryoscolex	CAP	35,344	16,677	109^b	127^b	0.97	5.68^b	17.4^bc	98.3^a
Polyplastron	CAP	44,884	21,163	99^b	116^b	0.94	5.39^b	15.7^bc	98.5^a

FLP, free-living prokaryotes; CAP, ciliate-associated prokaryotes. Means with different superscripts within columns between the FLP and the CAP of each monoculture or between the FLP and the CAP of the fresh ciliate isolates differ (P < 0.05).

Singleton was removed.