Comparison of Oropharyngeal Microbiota from Children with Asthma and Cystic Fibrosis

Figure 2

Diversity and biomass are decreased in the oropharyngeal microbiome of children with CF. (a) α-Diversity was assessed by the nonparametric Shannon index. (b) Richness was estimated by the Chao index. (c) Evenness was derived from a Shannon index-based measure of evenness. (d) Global biomass measured as the number of 16S rRNA gene copies. Statistical significance was calculated by the Wilcoxon test. value < 0.001.

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