Table 1 Number of sequences, operating taxonomic units (OTUs), and diversity estimates of bacteria in Gouda-style cheese at the ripening of 4 month
| Read counts1) | OTUs2) | Shannon | Simpson | Goods coverage |
| Center-1 | 2,099 | 5 | 0.212039 | 0.916974 | 1 |
| Center-2 | 2,825 | 5 | 0.134168 | 0.952046 | 1 |
| Center-3 | 4,632 | 4 | 0.131848 | 0.952933 | 1 |
| Center-4 | 3,753 | 6 | 0.212127 | 0.916077 | 0.99 |
| Center-5 | 2,400 | 4 | 0.152015 | 0.942961 | 1 |
| Surface-1 | 2,167 | 4 | 0.183783 | 0.929949 | 0.99 |
| Surface-2 | 2,257 | 5 | 0.198948 | 0.924238 | 1 |
| Surface-3 | 2,289 | 5 | 0.19682 | 0.922873 | 0.99 |
| Surface-4 | 2,797 | 5 | 0.248519 | 0.900981 | 1 |
| Surface-5 | 2,021 | 5 | 0.31485 | 0.861922 | 1 |
1) Read counts, the total number of sequence reads.
2) OTUs, operating taxonomic units.