Table 3.
Sample | Sequencing Results | Diversity Estimates | ||||
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Reads | OTUs | ACE | Chao | Shannon | Simpson | |
S1 | 16,013 | 738 | 764 | 764 | 5.82 | 0.0054 |
S2 | 16,224 | 702 | 781 | 782 | 5.43 | 0.0097 |
S3 | 26,151 | 803 | 848 | 858 | 5.32 | 0.0151 |
The operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were defined with 97% similarity. The coverage percentages, richness estimators (abundance-based coverage estimator (ACE) and Chao), and diversity indices (Shannon and Simpson) were calculated.