Fig. 3From: Host reproductive cycle influences the pouch microbiota of wild southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons)Determination of SHNW sample microbial biomass using quantitative PCR (qPCR) of the V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene. Y-axis values represent the cycle of threshold (ct) values for each sample, with lower ct values representing higher 16S rRNA gene copy number and higher microbial biomass, and vice versa. Joey = joey skin samplesBack to article page