Table 1.

Summary of number of OTUs, Chao 1 richness and Shannon diversity indices (average ± standard error) of the bacteria and fungi present along the GI tract and each individual East Asian finless porpoises.

	Bacteria			Fungi
	No. of OTUs	Chao1	Shannon	No. of OTUs	Chao1	Shannon
Region
Stomach	129	62.07 ± 9.14	2.13 ± 0.49	35	8.60 ± 1.63	1.71 ± 0.38
Foregut	106	55.72 ± 13.60	0.38 ± 0.11	15	3.60 ± 0.40*	1.20 ± 0.31
Hindgut	150	62.10 ± 14.39	1.36 ± 0.59	36	9.00 ± 1.90	2.15 ± 0.13
Feces	121	55.97 ± 7.80	1.71 ± 0.64	43	9.80 ± 1.74	2.23 ± 0.21
Subject
Subject 1	50	26.80 ± 5.79	0.92 ± 0.69	28	8.50 ± 2.90	1.48 ± 0.28
Subject 2	96	65.12 ± 5.42	1.42 ± 0.40	33	9.50 ± 2.75	1.44 ± 0.64
Subject 3	112	66.39 ± 15.26	0.68 ± 0.38	19	6.50 ± 1.44	2.02 ± 0.23
Subject 4	92	66.31 ± 4.13	1.38 ± 0.59	21	5.75 ± 0.95	1.94 ± 0.24
Subject 5	123	70.22 ± 12.70	2.58 ± 0.74	27	8.50 ± 1.85	2.23 ± 0.17

*Significance P < 0.05 (pairwise wilcoxon rank sum test).