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Fig. 4 | Animal Microbiome

Fig. 4

From: Timing and delivery route effects of cecal microbiome transplants on Salmonella Typhimurium infections in chickens: potential for in-hatchery delivery of microbial interventions

Fig. 4

Alpha diversity measures comparing timing effects on microbiome richness. Alpha diversity was calculated using Observed and Shannon measures at a sequencing depth of 7000. A At 7-dph and prior to infection with ST4/74 there were some differences noted in the observed species compared with donor-CMT. The CMT groups showed higher alpha diversity like the donor-CMT when compared with PBS groups. B At 3-dpi there is no significant difference in observed species of the CMT groups compared to the donor-CMT. Shannon diversity shows that CMT groups are still higher than PBS groups however alpha diversity of PBS-ST group appeared to be developing quicker than just PBS. C By 7-dpi the PBS-ST group was now as diverse in species abundance as the CMT and donor-CMT groups compared to PBS alone. D AT 14-dpi there is still higher diversity in the PBS-ST and the CMT groups compared to PBS alone groups suggesting that PBS group microbiota has not developed as quickly as the infected group. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, ****P < 0.0001 as determined by Wilcoxon non-parametric test

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