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Table 3 Alpha diversity indexes from neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) room and fecal samples

From: Microbes in the neonatal intensive care unit resemble those found in the gut of premature infants

Infant

Shannon

Simpson

Chao 1

 

1

2

1

2

1

2

Surfaces

8.42848

8.76498

0.997065

0.997677

42,978.9

47,467.2

Electronics

8.36375

8.27527

0.996905

0.996620

45,519.9

33,602.8

Incubators

8.11070

8.76042

0.996291

0.997674

30,216.9

76,196.9

Sinks

8.29052

8.82959

0.996676

0.997687

41,104.6

96,694.1

Hands

7.56186

8.60501

0.993397

0.997322

27,708.1

89,233.5

Tubes

5.06097

5.20681

0.961848

0.963895

1,756.60

1,828.00

Fecal

1.71097

2.10295

0.640741

0.747619

9.70000

13.7000