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Table 1 Insect gut community alpha diversity

From: Host-specific assemblages typify gut microbial communities of related insect species

Sample

Pyrotags

Observed OTUs

Species richness

OTUobs/OTUACE

Species evenness

Average distance1

Ha01

33427

189

191.19 (+/− 4.5)

0.99

2.50 (+/− 0.04)

 

Ha02

30441

150

171.85 (+/− 17.0)

0.87

1.18 (+/− 0.01)

Ha: 0.23

Ha03

34266

191

199.90 (+/− 9.6)

0.96

1.85 (+/− 0.02)

 

Md01

16610

287

294.43 (+/− 7.7)

0.97

18.44 (+/− 0.6)

 

Md02

14964

303

316.55 (+/− 11.1)

0.96

35.33 (+/− 1.0)

Md: 0.38

Md03

14086

254

268.44 (+/− 11.6)

0.95

20.41 (+/− 0.5)

 

Cp01

12476

319

329.65 (+/− 9.4)

0.97

39.65 (+/− 1.6)

 

Cp02

14482

321

338.55 (+/− 12.6)

0.95

24.35 (+/− 1.0)

Cp: 0.31

Cp03

12504

334

341.44 (+/− 7.5)

0.98

34.71 (+/− 1.4)

 

PaW01

20767

275

314.39 (+/− 22.7)

0.87

16.08 (+/− 0.4)

 

PaW02

2081

225

282.93 (+/− 29.9)

0.80

32.38 (+/− 4.2)

PaW: 0.57

PaW03

30565

391

401.13 (+/− 9.2)

0.97

26.39 (+/− 0.7)

 

PaL01

4208

299

342.61 (+/− 23.2)

0.87

54.68 (+/− 4.5)

 

PaL02

11801

364

380.07 (+/− 11.6)

0.96

44.60 (+/− 2.0)

PaL: 0.60

PaL03

24172

384

400.78 (+/− 12.3)

0.96

60.96 (+/− 1.3)

 
  1. Species richness was estimated using the abundance coverage estimator (ACE) and evenness was demonstrated as the inverse of Simpson’s estimation of evenness. 95% confidence indicators are noted in parenthesis for both measures. Ha-Heterotermes aureus, Md-Mastotermes darwiniensis, Cp-Cryptocercus punctulatus, PaW-Periplaneta americana wild-caught, PaL-P. americana lab-reared.
  2. 1-Average within-group sample distances were calculated using Multi-Response Permutation Procedures using the Bray-Curtis distance measure. Test statistic: −8.719, observed delta: 0.4142, expected delta: 0.8829, chance-corrected within group agreement: 0.5309, P-value: 7.0e-8.