Fig. 3: Reference-based analysis.
From: Exploring microbial diversity and biosynthetic potential in zoo and wildlife animal microbiomes
Summary statistics on quality, diversity, composition, and compositional similarity of microbiomes. Starting from the left, the taxonomic classification of host animals is displayed. Silhouettes represent the host species, and their color represents the different specimens. If multiple replicates were available, multiple pie charts are displayed, where each pie chart indicates the overall quality of the reference-based analysis. Further, diet classification is provided for each species which is consistently used throughout the paper. Three diets are being distinguished: herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore. Alpha-diversity of each sample is indicated using the Shannon index, to visualize microbiome complexity. On the rightmost side, hierarchical clustering based on Bray–Curtis distances are displayed. The optimized tanglegramm displays the accordance between taxonomic class and membership based on predicted microbial composition. The edges are colored by the taxonomic class of the host.
