Fig. 5

Relative Abundance of Top 5 Phyla across stress and sex groups. (a) There is a decrease in relative abundance of Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria and an increase in Firmicutes in prolonged stress group compared to control group and short group. (b) For both females and males, there was a decrease in relative abundance Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria and an increase in Firmicutes for prolonged stress group compared to control and short groups. There is a decrease in Fusobacteria for prolonged stress females compared to control females.