Table 2.
Alpha-diversity indices of the bacterial communities.
| 97% similarity |
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| Sample | No. of reads | OTUs | Chao1 | Inver simpson | Shannon | Coverage |
| HC-1 | 59,302 | 449 | 483.871 | 42.2074 | 4.3438 | 0.9991 |
| HC-2 | 58,247 | 408 | 485.1429 | 15.9477 | 3.5733 | 0.9985 |
| HC-3 | 61,497 | 524 | 576.5 | 63.8118 | 4.6674 | 0.9988 |
| HC-4 | 54,698 | 403 | 460.973 | 34.1970 | 4.0749 | 0.9985 |
| HC-5 | 57,004 | 454 | 503.7632 | 43.8651 | 4.3763 | 0.9988 |
| HC-6 | 58,612 | 476 | 515.90 | 21.2400 | 4.0809 | 0.9989 |
| HI-1 | 58,111 | 357 | 510.2703 | 5.9546 | 2.3252 | 0.9978 |
| HI-2 | 59,060 | 205 | 276.0789 | 3.5145 | 1.7428 | 0.9985 |
| HI-3 | 61,633 | 254 | 367.1351 | 3.2535 | 1.9709 | 0.9984 |
| HI-4 | 61,047 | 168 | 233.5556 | 1.8394 | 1.0154 | 0.9988 |
| HI-5 | 57,953 | 464 | 511.6341 | 5.3513 | 2.8719 | 0.9988 |
| HI-6 | 58,697 | 368 | 440.4043 | 2.5360 | 1.8012 | 0.9983 |
| LC-1 | 62,430 | 550 | 576.8966 | 41.4205 | 4.7924 | 0.9993 |
| LC-2 | 61,334 | 548 | 598.6471 | 37.6940 | 4.7299 | 0.9992 |
| LC-3 | 59,572 | 529 | 584.7143 | 45.7384 | 4.8045 | 0.9992 |
| LC-4 | 60,591 | 522 | 544.6579 | 35.3496 | 4.545 | 0.9992 |
| LC-5 | 61,875 | 546 | 566.027 | 59.1678 | 4.7398 | 0.9993 |
| LC-6 | 61,995 | 499 | 548.1707 | 24.3588 | 4.1391 | 0.9988 |
| LI-1 | 60,686 | 362 | 435.1 | 2.4048 | 1.8981 | 0.9984 |
| LI-2 | 62,298 | 575 | 620.0238 | 10.2628 | 3.6187 | 0.9989 |
| LI-3 | 62,488 | 621 | 652.3182 | 8.5493 | 3.5361 | 0.999 |
| LI-4 | 61,532 | 615 | 653.7692 | 33.3607 | 4.6514 | 0.9989 |
| LI-5 | 59,623 | 317 | 380.4054 | 1.5019 | 0.9418 | 0.9988 |
| LI-6 | 59,484 | 484 | 555.5 | 37.8631 | 4.0108 | 0.9978 |
The number of reads, OTUs, richness estimator Chao1, diversity estimator Shannon, and Inver simpson were calculated at the 97% similarity level. HC and HI = the cecum and ileum of birds living in high altitude; LC and LI = the cecum and ileum of birds living in low altitude.