# Re taxonomic distance based alpha diversity

**URL:** <https://forum.mothur.org/t/re-taxonomic-distance-based-alpha-diversity/1209>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [February 1, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/re-taxonomic-distance-based-alpha-diversity/1209 "2013-02-01T16:04:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![jugsy67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@jugsy67](https://forum.mothur.org/u/jugsy67)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/re-taxonomic-distance-based-alpha-diversity/1209/1 "2013-02-01T16:04:51Z")

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Can you include a taxonomic based alpha diversity measure similar to that described by MG Watve and RM Gangal Problems in Measuring Bacterial Diversity and a Possible Solution Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 1996 62: 4299-4301. in a future release

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**Author:** ![pschloss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.mothur.org/pschloss/32/4_2.png) [@pschloss](https://forum.mothur.org/u/pschloss)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/re-taxonomic-distance-based-alpha-diversity/1209/2 "2013-02-01T19:56:55Z")

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Is this getting wide use somewhere that we’re missing? Do shannon/simpson/phylogenetic diversity not do the trick?