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. 2018 Dec 7;9:3017. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03017

Table 4.

Diversity and richness indices for fecal bacterial communities across host phenotypic groups.

Aged (n = 11) Control (n = 12) Obese (n = 12) SED P-value
Simpson’s diversity 0.98a 0.96a 0.99b 0.01 0.02
Shannon–Wiener diversity 6.04a 5.76a 6.23b 0.21 0.02
S.Obs 2371 2320 2578 142.2 0.09
S.Chao1 4278 4113 4713 499.4 0.35

Mean diversity indices (Simpson’s and Shannon–Weiner), species observed (S.Obs) and estimated species richness (S.Chao1) for fecal samples collected over the final 3 days of hay feeding across host phenotypic groups. Significant differences between groups are denoted by different suffixes.