Table 2.

Observed OTUs, Chao₁, and Good’s coverage values were calculated to compare bacterial diversity among diets and tissue regions.

Sample name	Diet	GI tract region	Feeding study group	Observed OTUs	Chao1	Good’s coverage
1XF	Mixed	Foregut	1	2,418	3,051	0.989
2XF		Foregut	2	465	550	0.979
3XF		Foregut	2	520	673	0.957
1XM		Midgut	1	2,246	3,079	0.984
2XM		Midgut	2	637	751	0.982
3XM		Midgut	2	577	663	0.987
4XM		Midgut	2	601	662	0.989
1XH		Hindgut	1	2,355	3,131	0.988
2XH		Hindgut	2	517	624	0.992
3XH		Hindgut	2	437	516	0.994
4XH		Hindgut	2	699	813	0.979
XTWa		Tank water	2	1,517	1,586	0.995
XTWb		Tank water	2	1,463	1,551	0.993
1WF	Wood	Foregut	1	962	1,145	0.994
1WM		Midgut	1	2062	2,161	0.993
2WM		Midgut	2	1,232	1,481	0.990
3WM		Midgut	2	1,191	1,401	0.991
1WH		Hindgut	1	3,021	3,136	0.991
2WH		Hindgut	2	901	1,108	0.992
3WH		Hindgut	2	683	820	0.990
WTW		Tank water	2	2,515	2,598	0.995

All calculations were performed using QIIME with 0.97 OTU identity threshold.