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Table 3.

Overview of sequencing results of samples.

Item	Proventriculus	Gizzard	Duodenum	Jejunum	Ileum	Cecum	Rectum
Sequencing number	67,922 ± 5,807^a,b	68,534 ± 7,053^a,b	66,680 ± 9,537^b	70,271 ± 6,687^a	70,975 ± 10,530^a	66,350 ± 6,766^b	69,812 ± 7,748^a
OTU	903 ± 177	787 ± 174	767 ± 135	812 ± 178	843 ± 225	857 ± 122	739 ± 117
Chao1	943 ± 187^a	825 ± 184^b	796 ± 162^b	847 ± 184^b	895 ± 291^a,b	909 ± 144^a,b	792 ± 129^b
ACE	948 ± 189^a	842 ± 193^a,b	816 ± 158^b	868 ± 190^a,b	917 ± 304^a	926 ± 153^a	810 ± 127^b
Shannon	5.82 ± 0.50^a	4.96 ± 1.17^b	4.65 ± 1.61^b	4.67 ± 1.42^b	4.23 ± 1.39^b	5.90 ± 0.65^a	40.46 ± 0.96^b
Simpson	0.94 ± 0.03^a	0.86 ± 0.13^a,b	0.80 ± 0.22^a,b	0.82 ± 0.20^a,b	0.77 ± 0.19^b	0.94 ± 0.04^a	0.83 ± 0.12^a,b
Good's coverage	0.9948	0.9953	0.9955	0.9948	0.9944	0.9949	0.9952

Means in the same row with different superscript letters differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Abbreviations: ACE, abundance-base coverage estimator; OTU, operational taxonomic units.