Table 2 OTUs and Alpha diversity statistics of the microbial sequencing of the northern snakehead intestine (mean ± S.D. of three replications).

157 ± 12^a

157 ± 9^a

163 ± 11^a

168 ± 10^a

2.16 ± 0.11^a

0.22 ± 0.01^b

165 ± 17^a

165 ± 13^a

165 ± 12^a

167 ± 9^a

2.40 ± 0.09^b

0.25 ± 0.02^b

150 ± 16^a

150 ± 11^a

159 ± 9^a

164 ± 12^a

2.17 ± 0.13^a

0.22 ± 0.00^b

230 ± 19^b

230 ± 14^b

231 ± 21^b

233 ± 17^b

2.48 ± 0.16^b

0.18 ± 0.02^a