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Fig. 3 | Animal Microbiome

Fig. 3

From: Microbial community structure and composition is associated with host species and sex in Sigmodon cotton rats

Fig. 3

Clustering of site- and species-specific samples (Bray Curtis, OTU level) revealed host sex-dependent communities at most sites. Statistical testing was performed using PERMANOVA for both the geometric mean (or centroid) of the cluster and the dispersion (or variance). a, b Gut communities showed significant differences between both S. fulviventer (SF) and S. hispidus (SH) males and females. c-h External sites (ear, skin, and nose) showed sex-based community trends based on both sample mean distances and dispersion. Longitudinal samples from the same cotton rat are represented by matching point colors

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Animal Microbiome

ISSN: 2524-4671