Fig. 1
From: An insight into the commercial piglet’s microbial gut colonization: from birth towards weaning
NMDS of the relative abundances of ASV in Trial 1. Different colours have been used to highlight each sampling day. The farm of origin is indicated with a different shape, round for the Alpha farm and with a 3-pointed star for the Bravo farm. A significant impact shaping the gut communities is produced by age and environmental factors (p < 0.001) with five clusters that match with piglet age. A greater richness is observed in Bravo piglets when compared to Alpha’s (p < 0.001), and with the increasing age of piglets (p < 0.001), suggesting that as the piglets grow and the gut community becomes more diverse, the divergence among animals increases. The significant effect of the farm is observed more clearly when performing the analysis by sampling day (Additional file 1. Figure S1)