Figure 2
From: Microbial embryonal colonization during pipefish male pregnancy
Clustered and hierarchical ordered heatmaps of the 50 most abundant OTUs (>90%) based on relative abundance for each individual OTU to identify connection between occurrence of most abundant species (OTUs) and surface of gonads and fertilized eggs/embryos of increasing male pregnancy inside the paternal brood pouch. Number of top 50 OTUs, their individual relative abundance in relation to all detected OTUs in [%] and classifications of phylum and species level are provided on the right side of the heatmap. Panel (A) Heatmap is clustered according to similarities between following treatment groups: gonadal eggs (Gonads), brood pouch tissue of non-pregnant males (NP), paternal brood pouch with increasing male pregnancy (Early, Mid, Late). Panel (B) Heatmap is clustered according to similarities of developmental stages x bacterial treatment interaction terms (Gonads:Control, Gonads:injected, Early:Control, Early:injected, Mid:Control, Mid:injected, and Late:Control, Late:injected, Non-Pregnant:Control, Non-Pregnant:injected).
