Fig. 9

Bar plots demonstrating the relative abundance of the 5 genera identified as differentially abundant within all three GIT locations between animals with and without liver abscesses (LAs) using linear discriminant analysis effect size. Differentially abundant genera in luminal communities (Acetitomaculum, NKA4214 group, unclassified Lachnospiraceae, and Bifidobacterium) are shown on the left, while the genus-level differentially abundant taxon within epithelial communities (unclassified Bacteroidales) is shown on the left. Significant differences in relative abundance between animals with and without liver abscesses are illustrated by an asterisk (pairwise Wilcoxon rank-sum, n = 15–20, p < 0.05)