Interferon Tau Affects Mouse Intestinal Microbiota and Expression of IL-17

Table 1

Comparison of phylotype coverage and diversity estimation of the 16S rDNA gene libraries at 97% similarity from the pyrosequencing analysis.

Group	Number of readings	Number of OTU	Coverage	Richness estimator		Diversity index
				Ace (95% CI)	Chao (95% CI)	Shannon (95% CI)	Simpson (95% CI)
Jejunum
Control	12323	51	99.85%	78 (62–120)	70 (57–108)	1.06 (1.04–1.09)	0.52 (0.51–0.53)
IFNT	15653	64	99.95%	70 (66–83)	67 (65–78)	1.32 (1.30–1.35)	0.44 (0.43–0.45)
Ileum
Control	12442	37	99.89%	52 (42–84)	57 (42–110)	0.73 (0.70–0.75)	0.70 (0.69–0.71)
IFNT	12264	66	99.79%	124 (99–167)	174 (101–400)	1.06 (1.03–1.08)	0.56 (0.55–0.56)
Colon
Control	10327	298	99.58%	323 (311–343)	322 (309–349)	4.32 (4.29–4.35)	0.032 (0.030–0.034)
IFNT	11276	288	99.68%	306 (297–324)	313 (299–345)	4.32 (4.29–4.34)	0.027 (0.026–0.028)
Feces
Control	12613	314	99.69%	336 (326–356)	339 (325–369)	4.39 (4.36–4.41)	0.026 (0.025–0.027)
IFNT	12493	312	99.58%	345 (331–371)	363 (337–414)	4.16 (4.13–4.19)	0.046 (0.044–0.049)