Figure 2: Algal and bacterial community composition.
From: The biogeography of red snow microbiomes and their role in melting arctic glaciers
Principal component analysis of bacterial classes (a,b) and algal species (c,d) revealing taxonomic distance between sampling sites and taxa causing separation. Algal species show homogenous community composition across all sites (c), whereas bacteria cluster according to locations, even on the higher taxonomic class level (a, dotted lines have been added to help guide the reader’s eye). Bar charts show average community composition (Supplementary Tables 2 and 4 for individual values; Supplementary Table 3 for averages and P-values) for each location and confirm similar composition for algae (d) but large differences for bacteria (b).
