TABLE 2.
Changes in alpha-diversity indices of Xenopus laevis gut microbiota exposed to different concentrations of MC-LR.
α-diversity index | C0 | C1 | C5 | C20 | C50 |
OTU number | 1522.67 ± 61.69b | 1395.50 ± 11.11b | 1825.00 ± 11.23a | 1862.50 ± 32.69a | 1930.33 ± 48.90a |
Goods’ coverage | 0.96 ± 0.00a | 0.96 ± 0.00a | 0.95 ± 0.00b | 0.95 ± 0.00b | 0.95 ± 0.00b |
Shannon index | 5.16 ± 0.07b | 5.26 ± 0.05b | 5.79 ± 0.04a | 3.90 ± 0.05d | 4.50 ± 0.06c |
Chao1 index | 5469.84 ± 313.12b | 5693.84 ± 171.89b | 6014.03 ± 155.78b | 8082.84 ± 274.07a | 7938.73 ± 429.46a |
Simpson index | 0.92 ± 0.00a | 0.93 ± 0.00a | 0.93 ± 0.00a | 0.67 ± 0.01c | 0.78 ± 0.01b |
Different lowercase letters in the upper right corner indicate significant differences between data.