Characterizing the fecal microbiota of infants with botulism

Microbiome

Table 2 Sequence read statistics and alpha diversity metrics for each of the 14 stool samples examined for this study

Botulism	Sample	Total number of reads^a	Number of reads passing quality filtering^a	Number of OTUs observed^a	Shannon diversity index^a
Confirmed	CDC68129	747314	460195	496	2.3
	CDC68058	796510	376891	850	2.9
	CDC69068	706703	440769	637	2.5
	CDC68083	720976	510882	2242	4.4
	CDC68116	760653	543541	475	0.7
	CDC68192	864853	446933	928	3.4
	CDC68090	589121	369066	1615	3.2
	CDC68126	496815	396233	994	3.0
Non-confirmed	CDC68053	595735	433809	418	1.5
	CDC69114	723322	496246	517	2.4
	CDC68112	715786	285335	670	2.2
	CDC68122	831044	602856	676	2.1
	CDC69078	619394	392261	1117	3.8
	CDC69062	819457	412327	998	3.4

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