Table 1.

Metataxonomic data of Latxa ewe raw milk and Idiazabal cheese samples at 6 ripening times (1, 7, 14, 30, 60 and 120 days) from 4 producers (A, B, C and D) (n = 52).

Producer	Milk/Cheese Ripening Time (Day)	Sample ID	Bacterial Diversity
			Sequences	OTUs	Mbp Count	Phyla	Families	Genera
A	Milk	MA	66,989	8450	2.70	8	103	221
	1	1	321,148	21,102	6.84	10	102	244
		2	331,816	17,948	5.96	10	107	242
	7	9	238,804	12,412	4.21	10	82	182
		10	251,225	13,472	4.55	10	92	203
	14	17	263,231	13,305	4.51	10	81	176
		18	334,305	16,504	5.95	11	90	209
	30	25	269,207	14,266	5.18	8	89	195
		26	280,285	13,701	4.65	8	84	191
	60	33	330,729	15,810	5.50	10	79	179
		34	341,419	16,324	5.92	10	79	183
	120	41	370,181	22,557	7.61	14	83	187
		42	332,471	16,882	6.15	12	78	170
B	Milk	MB	6092	2504	0.769	10	66	136
	1	3	257,407	12,967	4.39	9	90	178
		4	184,670	10,745	3.66	7	80	158
	7	11	160,436	9174	3.15	7	70	124
		12	148,700	8429	3.09	9	67	117
	14	19	193,164	8672	2.94	9	57	107
		20	134,695	7270	2.48	7	55	107
	30	27	140,484	2919	1.31	7	40	60
		28	129,491	6422	2.33	6	43	88
	60	35	295,377	13,046	4.38	10	64	125
		36	157,505	7103	2.46	6	47	91
	120	43	294,909	12,781	4.61	10	54	107
		44	175,689	8629	3.13	10	53	95
C	Milk	MC	10,632	4889	1.41	10	66	135
	1	5	237,563	11,167	3.76	10	83	165
		6	200,211	9565	3.24	10	73	156
	7	13	172,573	9232	3.16	9	72	136
		14	105,377	2947	1.32	5	39	65
	14	21	281,503	11,879	4.03	10	76	152
		22	162,633	7438	2.54	8	57	112
	30	29	374,652	14,534	5.20	8	75	164
		30	178,935	7641	2.65	9	66	125
	60	37	390,610	14,658	5.06	12	83	170
		38	218,602	8265	2.84	8	57	105
	120	45	116,160	5909	2.05	5	47	76
		46	188,779	8633	2.99	7	51	83
D	Milk	MD	52,040	11,547	3.80	21	151	378
	1	7	210,147	11,128	3.71	10	97	217
		8	175,444	8825	3.03	11	91	197
	7	15	136,796	6512	2.38	7	65	120
		16	126,129	6062	2.11	8	56	113
	14	23	194,767	8284	2.99	11	66	131
		24	201,259	9138	3.09	14	73	139
	30	31	161,519	7050	2.39	13	68	119
		32	187,889	8164	2.78	10	66	136
	60	39	86,466	4525	1.68	8	45	84
		40	202,656	8933	3.28	7	65	127
	120	47	205,505	9667	3.36	11	67	119
		48	209,716	10,185	3.51	15	63	123