Figure 2
From: Microbial colonization is required for normal neurobehavioral development in zebrafish
Conventionally colonized and conventionalized larvae contain distinct microbial compositions. 16S rRNA gene sequencing was performed on conventionally colonized (CC) and conventionalized (AC1) samples collected on 6 dpf and 10 dpf. (A) Non-metric multi-dimensional scaling (NMDS) ordination plot depicting changes in microbial community structure (ANOSIM Global p = 0.001). Conventionally colonized 6 dpf (light red squares), conventionally colonized 10 dpf (dark red squares), conventionalized 6 dpf (light green circles), and conventionalized 10 dpf (dark green circles) data are shown. (B) Bray-Curtis similarity scores (%) within (e.g. conventionally colonized 6 dpf) and between (e.g conventionalized 6 dpf vs. conventionally colonized 10 dpf) groups. Different letters indicate significance (p < 0.05). (C) Heat-map displaying the 50 most abundant genera. Scale represents percentage of reads.
