Extended Data Figure 2: Intra-individual versus inter-individual microbial cell count variation in human faeces.
From: Quantitative microbiome profiling links gut community variation to microbial load
Twenty healthy individuals sampled daily over the course of a week (maximum of one sample per day; longitudinal cohort). Healthy individuals have significantly higher cell counts than patients with Crohn’s disease. Patient group disease cohort, n = 29 (CD; purple) versus overall daily samples, n = 132 (Ind. All; grey) or the average cell count of individuals (Ind. av; orange). Two-sided Wilcoxon rank-sum test, ***P < 0.001. The body of the box plot represents the first and third quartiles of the distribution and the median line. The whiskers extend from the quartiles to the last data point within 1.5× interquartile range, with outliers beyond.
