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Fig. 2 | Animal Microbiome

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From: Clinical health issues, reproductive hormones, and metabolic hormones associated with gut microbiome structure in African and Asian elephants

Fig. 2

Alpha and beta diversity differ between African (n = 69) and Asian (n = 48) elephant host species. A Box plot of bacterial ASV richness and B bacterial phylogenetic diversity between host species. Asian elephants had greater bacterial ASV richness and phylogenetic diversity than African elephants (ANOVAs p < 0.001). C PCoA of Bray–Curtis distances (95% confidence ellipses shown per species) showing that African and Asian elephants have distinct gut bacterial communities in compositions (PERMANOVA p = 0.001) and dispersion (PERMDISP p < 0.001)

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Animal Microbiome

ISSN: 2524-4671