Figure 3
Shifts in microbiota gene expression during acute colitis and recovery. (a) Score and (b) loading plot indicating the correlation between bacterial mRNA expression and the health state of the animals. PCA plots were calculated using relative abundance mRNA transcript data of level 1 SEED categories. The score plot shows the clustering of samples obtained on different treatment days. The loading plot defines the contribution of the original variables (SEED categories) to the principal components and indicates the relationship variables to each other, which was further determined by Pearson moment correlation analysis. CBS, SEED category ‘Clustering-based subsystems’; Cofactors, ‘Cofactors, Cofactors, Vitamins, Prosthetic Groups, Pigments’.
