Number of reads, OTUs and genera per patient (A~D).

Table 3: Number of reads, OTUs and genera per patient (A~D).

Individual	Total no of reads	Analyzable reads	No. of OTUs	No. of OTUs taxonomically classified to a genus
A1	5298	2398	170	111
A2	8599	3391	187	123
A3	5293	1770	158	105
A4	10365	3901	193	114
A5	6237	2376	180	115
A6	11647	4878	236	146
B1	7497	3320	110	91
B2	7841	3406	138	109
B3	7586	3480	101	88
B4	10830	4361	146	116
B5	5635	2211	108	87
B6	10370	4774	141	111
C1	9326	4396	111	91
C2	7897	3338	120	105
C3	14247	6439	137	116
C4	12882	5751	128	102
C5	13169	5807	130	108
C6	9644	4221	123	103
D1	8192	3608	110	93
D2	9878	4235	146	114
D3	6894	3086	84	71
D4	7085	3139	103	89
D5	10349	4611	122	102
D6	5685	2369	107	88