Table 1 Number of reads obtained to identify the mycobiota of O. obesus

From: Investigation into how Odontotermes obesus maintains a predominantly Termitomyces monoculture in their fungus combs suggests a potential partnership with both fungi and bacteria

Sample source

Total reads (initial)

Total reads (post-cleanup)

Reads identified

Fungal genera identified

Chao1

Shannon

Simpson

InvSimspon

Major worker

0.92 × 105

0.76 × 105

0.76 × 105

197

170.0

0.32

0.89

1.09

Minor worker

0.04 × 105

0.04 × 105

0.04 × 105

51

40.7

0.71

0.30

1.43

Nymph

0.22 × 105

0.19 × 105

0.17 × 105

87

110.4

0.50

0.21

1.27

Female alate

1.15 × 105

1.06 × 105

1.06 × 105

185

284.3

0.85

0.52

2.09

Male alate

0.19 × 105

0.14 × 105

0.12 × 105

98

126.0

1.28

0.64

2.82

Fresh comb (0 h)

0.58 × 105

0.54 × 105

0.54 × 105

111

199.3

0.53

0.20

1.25

Decaying comb (24 h)

0.62 × 105

0.60 × 105

0.58 × 105

83

116

0.47

0.17

1.20

Decaying comb (48 h)

0.16 × 105

0.18 × 105

0.14 × 105

103

157.4

1.67

0.75

4.04

Decaying comb (72 h)

0.16 × 105

0.17 × 105

0.14 × 105

110

152.5

1.97

0.80

5.24

Decaying comb (96 h)

0.17 × 105

0.18 × 105

0.15 × 105

99

184

1.54

0.70

3.43

Decaying comb (120 h)

0.04 × 105

0.04 × 105

0.04 × 105

71

126.1

1.47

0.63

2.73

    

418 unique fungal genera

    
  1. The table also shows different diversity indices for all the samples. The details of the taxonomic distribution, as well as abundance, for all the identified reads are given in Supplementary Data 1.
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