TABLE 1.

Estimated number of 16S rRNA phylotypes of gut bacteria in termites

Termite species	n	No. of 16S rRNA phylotypes by indicated method^a
Termite species	n	Chao1	Curtis (/gut)
Microcerotermes species M1 (M1NP1 + M1NP2)	192	236 ± 66 (224-245)	1,200
Microcerotermes species M2 (M2PT2 + M2PB4)	192	301 ± 68 (291-312)	1,200
Reticulitermes speratus (RsTz + RsTu1 [18])^b	1,248	458 ± 52 (449-468)	740
Reticulitermes species R1 (RPK)	96	113 ± 37 (106-121)	540

↵a Data are means ± SD, with 95% confidence intervals determined using log transformation.
↵b Eleven clone libraries from R. speratus (18).