Fig. 2: The differentiation between V. epidendroides and B. macrantha microbiomes is taxonomically structured. | The ISME Journal

Fig. 2: The differentiation between V. epidendroides and B. macrantha microbiomes is taxonomically structured.

From: Plant microbiomes harbor potential to promote nutrient turnover in impoverished substrates of a Brazilian biodiversity hotspot

Fig. 2

A Multidimensional scaling of the Bray–Curtis dissimilarities computed from 16S rRNA gene ASV abundance data. Samples are colored according to their associated plant species, and shape indicates whether they were from below ground (substrate and root) or above ground (stem and leaves) environments. The p values of the groupings were obtained from PERMANOVA tests. B Bar plots representing the fraction of V. epidendroides-exclusive, shared, and B. macrantha-exclusive 16S rRNA gene ASVs across all sample types. The absolute numbers of ASVs within each group are shown. C Enrichment of bacterial families (grouped by phyla) in one or the other plant across all environments (circle colors). The enrichment score in the x-axis was computed using the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test and represent the deviation from a null model where ASVs from a given family are uniformly distributed in a list ranked by the ratio between the abundances in each plant. No family was found to be enriched in the internal leaf communities of either plant. RX root (external), RN root (internal), SX stem (external), SN stem (internal), LX leaf (external), LN leaf (internal).

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