Figure 3

Beta diversity grouped by storage media and extraction method. Beta diversity was calculated from rarefied, ASV representative sequences, using weighted unifrac distances and displayed using Principal Co-ordinates Analysis. Samples are coloured by Condition (storage media and extraction method) and the shape represents the pooled sample group. Abbreviations: PowerSoil/Bead solution (PB), PowerSoil/75% ethanol (PE), QIAamp/Bead solution (QB), QIAamp/75% ethanol (QE), Principal Component 1 (PC1) and Principal Component 2 (PC2).