Fig. 3
Differential abundance of Erysipelotrichaceae UCG-004 and Treponema 2 amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) in the gut microbiota of lemurs. a Differential rank plot showing lemur gut microbial ASVs (x axis) ranked by their differentials (y axis; the estimated log-fold changes for taxa abundances across sample groups) for wild lemurs in Madagascar (WM) vs. captive lemurs in the U.S. (CU.S.). Those ASVs that are more abundant in WM lemurs compared to CU.S. lemurs appear on the right side of the plot whereas those that are less abundant in WM lemurs appear on the left side. The differentials of Erysipelotrichaceae UCG-004 and Treponema 2 ASVs are highlighted in red and blue, respectively, with other taxa represented in gray. b Natural log ratios of Erysipelotrichaceae UCG-004 versus Treponema 2 in lemurs across all three environmental conditions. Tukey-style box and whiskers show the median (center horizontal line) and the interquartile range (upper and lower bounds of the box), with outliers that are 1.5 times less than the 25th quartile or 1.5 times more than the 75th quartile. Each point represents a single lemur gut microbiome in which the target ASVs were present