Table 3.
Parameters and groups (described as category, number of samples included in the category and sample names) considered in the Kruskall-Wallis analysis of β-diversity among whey microbial community composition.
| Parameters | Group 1 | Group 2 | Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categories | n | Samples | Categories | n | Samples | p | OTU n | |
| Template | DNA | 9 | All PWF+PWFnc | RNA | 4 | All PW | NS | – |
| Template (only Summer) | DNA | 9 | All PWF+PWFnc | RNA | 2 | 7PW+8PW | <0.01 | 37 |
| Season | Summer | 11 | 7PW+8PW+ All PWFnc | Winter | 2 | 5PW+6PW | NS | – |
| Season (only RNA) | Summer | 2 | 7PW+8PW | Winter | 2 | 5PW+6PW | NS | – |
| Organoleptic properties | Normal | 8 | All PWF+PW | Defective (nc) | 5 | All PWFnc | <0.05 | 18 |
| Organoleptic properties (only DNA) | Normal | 4 | All PWF | Defective (nc) | 5 | All PWFnc | <0.05 | 14 |
The results are reported as probability of difference among communities and number of differently represented OTUs. NS, Not Significant.