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Fig. 10

From: Seasonality, shelf life and storage atmosphere are main drivers of the microbiome and E. coli O157:H7 colonization of post-harvest lettuce cultivated in a major production area in California

Fig. 10

Correlations between relative abundances of biomarker species differentiating harvest season and EcO157 survival in microbiomes on MAP lettuce stored at 6 °C. For high and low EcO157 survival, the 13 samples with greatest EcO157 survival and 10 samples with lowest EcO157 survival were included, and all 6 °C-stored lettuce microbiomes were included in the seasonal comparisons. a Indicator species for both fall microbiomes and microbiomes supporting greater EcO157 survival. b Indicator species for both spring microbiomes and microbiomes supporting lower EcO157 survival. The bottom and top edges of the boxes mark the 25th and 75th percentiles, and the horizontal line denotes the median. Letters indicate significant differences (Wilcoxon rank sum test with Benjamini–Hochberg adjustment, P < 0.05). Pairwise P values are given below individual plots

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Environmental Microbiome

ISSN: 2524-6372