Table 1. Analysis of α diversity indexes of refrigerated donkey meat in different storage times

Store time	0 d	2 d	4 d	6 d	7 d
OTUs	869.0^Aa	868.3^Aa	221.5^B	357.0^B	454.3^Bb
Chao1	900.65^AC	888.22^C	216.4^B	368.34^ABC	439.72^ABC
ACE	928.33^AC	950.93^C	247.51^B	400.33^ABC	487.31^ABC
Shannon	4.485^A	3.198^B	1.344^C	1.932^BC	2.062^BC
Simpson	0.853^AC	0.713^A	0.493^B	0.597^BC	0.623^BC
Good’s coverage (%)	99.5	99.5	99.9	99.8	99.7

Different letters in the same row represent significant differences (p<0.05).
OTU, operational taxonomic units.