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Observed and estimated OTU richness of bacteria in a human mouth (33) versus sample size. The number of OTUs observed for a given sample size, or the accumulation curve, is averaged over 50 simulations (○). Estimated OTU richness is plotted for Chaol (●) and ACE (▴) estimators.
