Table 1 Sample information and microbial alpha diversity.

From: Metagenomic approach reveals microbial diversity and predictive microbial metabolic pathways in Yucha, a traditional Li fermented food

Yucha samples

Sampling location

pH value

TTA (mL)

Reads number

QZU (n = 6)

QiongZhong

3.96 ± 0.11

11.7 ± 0.3

25579 ± 1028

CJU (n = 6)

ChangJiang

3.74 ± 0.05

11.9 ± 0.5

24807 ± 2022

BTU (n = 6)

BaoTing

3.42 ± 0.47

13.6 ± 1.6

24282 ± 1487

BSU (n = 6)

BaiSha

3.51 ± 0.26

12.3 ± 0.4

25731 ± 3215

Yucha samples

OTU number

Shannon index

Simpson index

Chao 1 index

QZU (n = 6)

99 ± 15

2.34 ± 0.55

0.18 ± 0.02

137 ± 11

CJU (n = 6)

107 ± 33

2.15 ± 0.21

0.22 ± 0.05

130 ± 18

BTU (n = 6)

95 ± 18

2.39 ± 0.18

0.15 ± 0.02

119 ± 26

BSU (n = 6)

91 ± 21

2.27 ± 0.32

0.18 ± 0.04

116 ± 14