Table 1.

Summary of α-diversity indices obtain from 16S rRNA gene sequencing and total bacterial loads in the Chinese chive at each sampling time and retail.

Sampling time	Retail type	Average reads	Normalized reads	Observed OTUs	Chao 1	Shannon	CFU/g
March	Traditional market (n=20)	40,829	20,000	472.23 A	647.86 A	4.83 A	9.24 × 104 A
	Grocery store (n=20)	53,404		389.88 B	595.13 A	5.07 A	6.00 × 105 B
June	Traditional market (n=20)	69,852		283.02 C	460.16 B	4.05 B	8.93 × 106 C
	Grocery store (n=20)	75,377		267.87 C	435.00 B	3.64 B	5.90 × 106 C

^A-CMeans with different letters are significantly different at p < 0.05 (Duncan's multiple range test)