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. 2020 Feb 28;11:308. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00308

TABLE 1.

Alpha diversity of Abatus agassizii gut and external sediment microbiota.

Site	Sample types	Replicates	Richness	Shannon index	Simpson index
Ardley	External sediment	3	547.0 ± 3.5^a	5.18 ± 0.06^a	0.99 ± 0.002^a
	Gut content	7	390.7 ± 21.1^a	4.70 ± 0.04^a	0.98 ± 0.002^a
	Gut tissue	7	104.1 ± 15.5^b	2.03 ± 0.23^b	0.72 ± 0.080^b
China	External sediment	5	559.2 ± 6.1^a	5.24 ± 0.03^a	0.98 ± 0.001^a
	Gut content	7	372.3 ± 26.0^b	4.17 ± 0.06^b	0.94 ± 0.005^b
	Gut tissue	7	120.6 ± 17.0^C	2.39 ± 0.20^c	0.79 ± 0.040^c
Sites pooled	External sediment	8	554.6 ± 4.4^a	5.22 ± 0.03^a	0.98 ± 0.001^a
	Gut content	14	381.5 ± 15.7^b	4.43 ± 0.08^b	0.96 ± 0.006^b
	Gut tissue	14	112.4 ± 10.9^C	2.21 ± 0.15^c	0.76 ± 0.042^c

Average values ± standard errors are presented. Letters represent the significance of sample type comparisons based on Dunn tests (p < 0.05).