Table 1.

Summary of bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequencing data and alpha diversity measures.

	Feces (n = 9)	KUHIMM
		Culture (n = 9)	Culture + DKT (n = 9)
Read counts	171,268 ± 37,246	185,402 ± 25,869	174,089 ± 48,768
Observed OTUs	1429 ± 382	1388 ± 252	1205 ± 336
Chao 1	3485 ± 560	3493 ± 783	3283 ± 964
Shannon	6.070 ± 0.436	5.435 ± 0.586*	5.236 ± 0.562*
Inverse Simpson	1.044 ± 0.013	1.077 ± 0.035*	1.092 ± 0.038*

The values show the mean ± standard deviation. The asterisks (*) indicate a significant difference (*P < 0.05 by Mann–Whitney’s U test) between the microbiota in original feces and corresponding KUHIMMs with and without daikenchuto (DKT).

OTUs operational taxonomic units.