454 Pyrosequencing-based assessment of bacterial diversity and community structure in termite guts, mounds and surrounding soils

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Table 1 Number of sequences, observed OTUs, the estimated richness and diversity indices at 3 % dissimilarity threshold

Sample ID	Sample description	Reads before	Reads after	OTUs	Phyla	Classes	Richness and diversity indices
Sample ID	Sample description	Reads before	Reads after	OTUs	Phyla	Classes	Chao1 index	ACE	Simpson (1/D)	Shannon	Fisher_alpha
OTG1	Site C Odontotermes sp. gut contents	2064	1677	552	11	20	1527.1	1049.9	1.0	5.2	151.0
OTN2	Site C Odontotermes sp. mound	1964	1609	593	13	41	2619.9	1737.6	1.0	5.3	190.1
OTS3	Site C Odontotermes sp. soil	1926	1598	591	14	35	2528.5	1980.7	1.0	5.3	203.0
MTG4	Site D M. michaelseni gut contents	2112	1652	423	11	23	818.0	637.9	1.0	5.0	106.8
MTN5	Site D M. michaelseni mound	2690	2216	645	12	44	1906.3	1331.5	1.0	5.3	187.7
MTS6	Site D M. michaelseni soil	2550	2194	605	16	51	1359.7	941.8	1.0	5.4	164.4
MIG7	Site D Microtermes sp. gut contents	2287	1863	487	12	23	1152.3	832.1	1.0	5.0	120.1
MCG8	Microcerotermes sp. gut contents	1935	1492	261	11	20	461.3	375.5	0.9	4.0	59.6
		17,528	14,301

MCG8 Microcerotermes sp. gut homogenate, MIG7 Microtermes sp. gut homogenate, OTG1 Odontotermes sp. gut homogenate, MTG4 M. michaelseni gut homogenate, OTN2 soil from mound C of Odontotermes sp., MTN5 soil from mound D of M. michaelseni, MTS6 soil collected 3 m away from mound D, OTS3 soil collected 3 m away from mound C