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Fig. 2 | Environmental Microbiome

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From: Manipulating the physical distance between cells during soil colonization reveals the importance of biotic interactions in microbial community assembly

Fig. 2

Differences in bacterial community diversity, structure and composition across density treatments after the step 1 experiment. (A) Observed species and (B) Simpson’s reciprocal indices are shown (mean ± s.e.) in the control (C), heat-shock (HS) and ramoplanin (RA) communities within the density gradient (d1, d2, d3 and d4). Different letters indicate significant differences according to TukeyHSD test (p-value < 0.05). (C) Principal Coordinates Analysis (PCoA) of the weighted UniFrac distance matrix of 16S rRNA gene amplicons showing shifts in the structures between (C), (HS) and (RA) communities and within the density gradient. The different treatments are represented by different colors and symbols as specified in the legend. (D) Bacterial community composition across the density gradient for the three different communities. Relative abundances are shown at the phylum and class levels and expressed as a percentage of the total number of OTUs

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Environmental Microbiome

ISSN: 2524-6372