Fig. 5: Microbiome composition of patients with putative Enterococcus faecium transmission events.
From: Rare transmission of commensal and pathogenic bacteria in the gut microbiome of hospitalized adults
Each panel shows the composition of two patients over time. The height of each bar represents the proportion of classified sequence data assigned to each taxon. Samples are labeled relative to the date of the first sample in each set. Bars above each plot represent the approximate time patients spent in the same room (black bars) or in the hospital (gray bars). Red symbols indicate approximate dates of bloodstream infection with the specified organism. Postulated direction of transmission progresses from the top to the bottom patient. Fractions of the bar with >99.999% popANI strains in each panel are indicated with solid colors, and different strains are indicated with hashed colors. All taxa except E. faecium are shown at the genus level for clarity. a Case 1: Putative transmission from patient 11342 to 11349. b Case 2: Putative transmission from patient 11575 to 11568. c Case 3: Putative transmission from patient 11605 to 11673. Source Data for this figure are provided in Supplementary Data 7–9.
