Figure 8

Correlation among bacterial families and T. cruzi in T. dimidiata. The network illustrates the diversity of bacterial families in T. dimidiata, indicated as nodes which size is proportional to the abundance of each family (except for T. cruzi). Green nodes indicate bacterial families found in uninfected bugs, and orange nodes indicate those found in T. cruzi infected bugs. Edges link nodes/families that are significantly correlated in the bugs (R > 0.35 and P < 0.05). T. cruzi infection was positively correlated (red edge) with the presence of Kineosporiaceae (R = 0.56), and negatively correlated (blue edges) with the presence of Brevibacteriaceae (R = − 0.52), Dermabacteriaceae (R = − 0.62) and Enterobacteriaceae (R = − 0.57).