Table 1 Summary of number of OTUs, Chao 1 richness and Shannon diversity indices (average ± standard error) of the bacteria and fungi present along the GI tract and each individual East Asian finless porpoises.

From: Microbial communities in different regions of the gastrointestinal tract in East Asian finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri)

 

Bacteria

Fungi

No. of OTUs

Chao1

Shannon

No. of OTUs

Chao1

Shannon

Region

Stomach

129

62.07 ± 9.14

2.13 ± 0.49

35

8.60 ± 1.63

1.71 ± 0.38

Foregut

106

55.72 ± 13.60

0.38 ± 0.11

15

3.60 ± 0.40*

1.20 ± 0.31

Hindgut

150

62.10 ± 14.39

1.36 ± 0.59

36

9.00 ± 1.90

2.15 ± 0.13

Feces

121

55.97 ± 7.80

1.71 ± 0.64

43

9.80 ± 1.74

2.23 ± 0.21

Subject

Subject 1

50

26.80 ± 5.79

0.92 ± 0.69

28

8.50 ± 2.90

1.48 ± 0.28

Subject 2

96

65.12 ± 5.42

1.42 ± 0.40

33

9.50 ± 2.75

1.44 ± 0.64

Subject 3

112

66.39 ± 15.26

0.68 ± 0.38

19

6.50 ± 1.44

2.02 ± 0.23

Subject 4

92

66.31 ± 4.13

1.38 ± 0.59

21

5.75 ± 0.95

1.94 ± 0.24

Subject 5

123

70.22 ± 12.70

2.58 ± 0.74

27

8.50 ± 1.85

2.23 ± 0.17

  1. *Significance P < 0.05 (pairwise wilcoxon rank sum test).
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