Table 1 Alpha diversity profiles of NFM products of India.

From: Bacterial community in naturally fermented milk products of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim of India analysed by high-throughput amplicon sequencing

Group1

Group 2

Group 1 mean

Group 1 std

Group 2 mean

Group 2 std

t stat

p-value

Chao1

Chhurpi

Dahi

138.6654794

33.93332555

90.56944444

28.79901552

2.549699487

0.0152

Chhurpi

Churkam

138.6654794

33.93332555

108.6683546

26.9353883

2.695182315

0.0125

Dahi

Gheu

90.56944444

28.79901552

127.6180229

33.10848324

−1.91332029

0.0738

Chhurpi

Gheu

138.6654794

33.93332555

127.6180229

33.10848324

0.925146304

0.3583

Churkam

Gheu

108.6683546

26.9353883

127.6180229

33.10848324

−1.60079762

0.1171

Dahi

Churkam

90.56944444

28.79901552

108.6683546

26.9353883

−1.10004359

0.2864

Shannon

Chhurpi

Dahi

3.639041175

0.736572535

2.657764997

0.378296426

2.493760723

0.0158

Chhurpi

Churkam

3.639041175

0.736572535

2.860086707

0.47435654

3.400743965

0.0022

Dahi

Gheu

2.657764997

0.378296426

3.339920996

0.823489314

−1.51693208

0.1459

Chhurpi

Gheu

3.639041175

0.736572535

3.339920996

0.823489314

1.089687949

0.2738

Churkam

Gheu

2.860086707

0.47435654

3.339920996

0.823489314

−1.82046908

0.0789

Dahi

Churkam

2.657764997

0.378296426

2.860086707

0.47435654

−0.73983568

0.4743