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Fig. 3 | Animal Microbiome

Fig. 3

From: Putative modulation of the gut microbiome by probiotics enhances preference for novelty in a preliminary double-blind placebo-controlled study in ferrets

Fig. 3

Correlation of OTUs with novel animal or novel object behavior and with probiotic organism relative frequency. Plots are shown for the OTUs Bifidobacterium, Coprococcus, Allobaculum and Aldercreutzia in panels a, b, c and d, respectively. Relative OTU frequency at timepoint C is plotted on the x axis. Percent time at novel object or novel animal, minus percent time at familiar object or familiar animal, is plotted on the left y axis, and relative frequency of probiotic organisms at timepoint B is plotted on the right y axis. The left y axis and x axis are plotted in log10 scale. OTU relative frequency / novel object/animal pairs are plotted in black rectangles, while OTU relative frequency / probiotic organism relative frequency pairs are plotted in red squares, green triangles and blue diamonds (for Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus, and Streptococcus, respectively). The Spearman rho (r) and nominal p-value for each correlation is indicated in the key for each plot

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