Comparative Analysis of the Gut Microbial Composition and Meat Flavor of Two Chicken Breeds in Different Rearing Patterns

Table 2

Richness and diversity indexes at an OUT cutoff of 0.03 distance unit.

Sample IDs	Number of OTUs	Alpha Diversity
		Chao1	ACE	Shannon	Np Shannon	Simpson
C-FR1	294	804	775	2.789	2.807	0.141
C-FR2	349	637	890	3.150	3.172	0.107
C-FR3	477	915	1,383	3.328	3.357	0.100
C-CR1	386	936	1,516	2.243	2.274	0.245
C-CR2	408	652	810	2.758	2.781	0.206
C-CR3	389	623	773	2.685	2.708	0.198
Q-FR1	489	857	1,028	3.961	3.984	0.037
Q-FR2	476	867	1,082	3.206	3.234	0.115
Q-FR3	630	1,191	1,520	3.899	3.929	0.060
Q-CR1	532	1,063	1,281	3.749	3.777	0.054
Q-CR2	544	926	1,145	3.911	3.938	0.049
Q-CR3	531	1,003	1,279	3.701	3.730	0.057