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Table 1 Estimated operational taxonomic units in samples of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus through Rarefaction, Ace, and Chao1.

From: Assessment of bacterial diversity in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplusthrough tag-encoded pyrosequencing

Sample

Rarefaction*

Ace

Chao1

 

1%

3%

5%

1%

3%

5%

1%

3%

5%

Egg

576

388

361

780

466

433

696

427

396

Adult Male

299

128

98

452

167

124

457

174

125

Adult Female

237

110

93

339

143

117

366

154

138

Ovary

146

82

74

133

59

51

113

48

39

Gut

435

289

259

617

386

339

531

338

300

  1. *Values are averaged for adult male and female (n = 2), and egg (n = 3) samples.