Fig. 2: Nasal microbiota in preterm and full-term infants.
From: Comparison of nasal microbiota between preterm and full-term infants in early life
a Shannon and Simpson α-diversity in nasal samples of preterm and full-term infants. b Principal coordinate analysis (PcoA) of nasal samples of preterm and full-term infants (PERMANOVA p = 0.001, with adjustment for presence of older siblings, sex, use of antibiotics in the 3 months prior to birth, postnatal antibiotic use, probiotics, mode of delivery, season of swab collection, any breastfeeding at swab collection, and study center). Bar plots show average relative abundances of phyla (c) and genera (d) level in preterm and full-term infants. Low abundant genera with a mean below 0.01 were grouped into the “other” category. The low abundant phylum Bacteroidota was not included due to its mean abundance being less than 0.01. (e) Heatmap summarizing the relative abundance at genus level and sorted by full-term birth and presence of older siblings.
