TABLE 3.

Alpha diversity estimation of the 16S rRNA gene libraries by sequencing on an Ion S5^TM XL platform in bacon.

	Sample name	Total tags	OUTs	Shannon	Simpson	Chao1	ACE	Goods coverage
Day 0	CK.0d	71493 ± 14839	312 ± 10	5.878 ± 0.385	0.964 ± 0.011	324.383 ± 7.477	322.247 ± 8.397	0.999
	CK.7d	68496 ± 13865	321 ± 15	5.469 ± 0.123	0.933 ± 0.016	328.667 ± 27.319	324.478 ± 20.440	0.999
	P2.7d	64053 ± 15249	239 ± 30	4.646 ± 0.916	0.885 ± 0.073	257.667 ± 40.819	258.817 ± 39.047	0.998
	P6.7d	69774 ± 11907	210 ± 61	3.774 ± 1.309	0.759 ± 0.186	237.105 ± 62.780	238.501 ± 60.792	0.998
Day 7	P9.7d	80138 ± 43	204 ± 9	3.893 ± 0.520	0.785 ± 0.094	237.285 ± 3.592	233.512 ± 9.352	0.998
	P16.7d	77670 ± 4315	269 ± 51	5.516 ± 0.300	0.951 ± 0.011	284.552 ± 55.676	286.245 ± 51.688	0.998
	P20.7d	60857 ± 4449	264 ± 1	5.591 ± 0.301	0.957 ± 0.014	286.079 ± 18.371	287.616 ± 13.541	0.998
	Pm.7d	62284 ± 11974	223 ± 18	4.679 ± 1.139	0.867 ± 0.118	244.855 ± 15.973	242.537 ± 16.279	0.998
Day 15	CK.15d	79773 ± 685	301 ± 14	5.468 ± 0.527	0.939 ± 0.039	315.205 ± 12.794	310.881 ± 13.723	0.999
	P2.15d	61970 ± 13686	165 ± 137	3.563 ± 1.482	0.804 ± 0.110	210.937 ± 131.344	227.950 ± 114.921	0.998
	P6.15d	82203 ± 3496	107 ± 100	2.789 ± 1.574	0.704 ± 0.163	127.588 ± 103.329	130.114 ± 103.902	0.999
	P9.15d	80076 ± 65	46 ± 10	1.485 ± 0.933	0.430 ± 0.294	66.277 ± 8.910	70.344 ± 18.673	0.999
	P16.15d	80117 ± 104	114 ± 57	3.209 ± 0.526	0.811 ± 0.044	145.363 ± 59.737	151.362 ± 56.029	0.998
	P20.15d	80111 ± 59	205 ± 104	4.100 ± 1.870	0.869 ± 0.092	243.200 ± 76.977	249.795 ± 75.928	0.998
	Pm.15d	61511 ± 16295	63 ± 30	3.213 ± 0.226	0.857 ± 0.041	84.118 ± 41.677	91.340 ± 46.863	0.999
Day 22	CK.22d	73183 ± 12127	293 ± 17	5.616 ± 0.362	0.945 ± 0.027	293.666 ± 17.897	293.666 ± 17.897	1.000
	P2.22d	79485 ± 1554	47 ± 6	2.653 ± 0.347	0.754 ± 0.076	57.783 ± 11.145	66.961 ± 14.723	0.999
	P6.22d	78300 ± 3148	57 ± 18	2.786 ± 0.071	0.785 ± 0.009	71.444 ± 20.205	74.739 ± 12.082	0.999
	P9.22d	80132 ± 68	50 ± 5	2.452 ± 0.052	0.726 ± 0.022	73.174 ± 7.476	81.311 ± 13.151	0.999
	P16.22d	80163 ± 59	46 ± 3	2.778 ± 0.224	0.787 ± 0.036	68.714 ± 5.765	84.755 ± 14.827	0.999
	P20.22d	62869 ± 6208	99 ± 77	3.229 ± 0.911	0.840 ± 0.057	122.927 ± 85.611	127.332 ± 88.602	0.998
	Pm.22d	62525 ± 15307	40 ± 12	3.072 ± 0.443	0.834 ± 0.079	47.952 ± 14.375	53.788 ± 15.813	0.999
Day 30	CK.30d	72405 ± 13556	345 ± 20	5.902 ± 0.522	0.960 ± 0.024	363.222 ± 11.926	355.820 ± 10.079	0.999
	P2.30d	69744 ± 9827	39 ± 5	2.643 ± 0.231	0.756 ± 0.046	58.660 ± 5.395	74.742 ± 22.268	0.999
	P6.30d	74137 ± 5241	65 ± 12	2.859 ± 0.232	0.789 ± 0.040	92.825 ± 28.131	100.961 ± 35.978	0.999
	P9.30d	80127 ± 39	41 ± 5	2.598 ± 0.097	0.753 ± 0.032	60.322 ± 9.067	71.335 ± 17.811	0.999
	P16.30d	70178 ± 14083	47 ± 5	2.852 ± 0.034	0.812 ± 0.007	58.403 ± 2.984	65.936 ± 5.569	0.999
	P20.30d	58211 ± 6360	52 ± 27	2.739 ± 2.516	0.805 ± 0.013	78.322 ± 43.259	76.269 ± 32.442	0.999
	Pm.30d	60813 ± 16677	40 ± 14	3.183 ± 0.175	0.858 ± 0.025	54.166 ± 21.391	61.578 ± 27.871	0.999
Day 45	CK.45d	80115 ± 32	328 ± 6	5.711 ± 0.296	0.953 ± 0.013	346.329 ± 17.584	338.845 ± 9.457	0.999
	P2.45d	72141 ± 2356	42 ± 2	2.933 ± 0.112	0.810 ± 0.019	57.400 ± 12.770	63.965 ± 15.422	0.999
	P6.45d	76042 ± 7160	51 ± 2	2.883 ± 0.079	0.805 ± 0.014	76.375 ± 5.188	83.236 ± 6.265	0.999
	P9.45d	80108 ± 42.158	52 ± 6	2.145 ± 1.109	0.599 ± 0.329	91.277 ± 48.990	91.281 ± 33.496	0.999
	P16.45d	59889 ± 6463	66 ± 10	2.915 ± 0.137	0.819 ± 0.014	83.504 ± 10.886	87.552 ± 15.329	0.999
	P20.45d	64865 ± 7519	47 ± 11	2.548 ± 0.054	0.788 ± 0.009	65.441 ± 8.010	77.858 ± 13.622	0.999
	Pm.45d	60880 ± 16652	56 ± 4	3.309 ± 0.148	0.873 ± 0.018	95.923 ± 22.901	98.431 ± 13.871	0.999

CK, control samples; P2, Staphylococcus xylosus; P6, Leuconostoc mesenteroides; P9, Carnobacterium maltaromaticum; P16, Leuconostoc gelidum; P20, Serratia liquefaciens; Pm, a mixture of these five strains.