Table 4 Operational taxonomic units (OTUs) observed and community richness and diversity indices (97% DNA sequence similarity)
From: Effect of antimicrobial growth promoter administration on the intestinal microbiota of beef cattle
| Â | Community richness | Community diversity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample | OTUs | Chao | ACE | Shannon’s | Non-parametric Shannon’s | Simpson’s |
Central jejunum  mucosa [179]a | 55 | 95 | 145 | 3.41 | 3.70 | 0.0455 |
|  |  | (71–155)b | (108–207)b | (3.25-3.58)b |  | (0.0349-0.0560)b |
Ileum  mucosa [181] | 59 | 122 | 240 | 3.30 | 3.65 | 0.0766 |
| Â | Â | (86-211) | (184-320) | (3.10-3.51) | Â | (0.0494-0.104) |
Cecum  mucosa [349] | 218 | 430 | 533 | 5.17 | 5.80 | 0.00492 |
| Â | Â | (355-548) | (418-713) | (5.07-5.27) | Â | (0.00335-0.00650) |
Descending colon  mucosa [368] | 251 | 663 | 651 | 5.38 | 6.09 | 0.00287 |
|  |  | (520–883) | (521–842) | (5.29-5.46) |  | (0.00211-0.00364) |
Descending colon  digesta [367] | 248 | 607 | 644 | 5.36 | 6.06 | 0.00305 |
|  |  | (483–795) | (517–833) | (5.27-5.44) |  | (0.00223-0.00388) |