Fig. 4: Differences in microbiome composition were associated with increased fitness in nematodes from the Box 1 mesocosm.
From: Host and microbiome jointly contribute to environmental adaptation
A Ordination (Principal Coordinates analysis of Aitchison distance) depicting variation in microbiome composition across treatments in a common garden experiment. Colors indicate microbial treatment using final microbes from Box 1 (red) or initial microbes (gray); Symbols indicate initial (circle) or final Box 1 (triangle) worm origin; filled symbols indicate worm samples, open symbols indicate substrate samples (compost with associated worms). n = 4. B Differential abundance analysis of final microbiomes from Box 1 worms exposed to the final Box 1 microbiome or the initial microbiome. Each point represents an ASV and ASVs are grouped by genera with family listed in parentheses. Genera with at least two differentially abundant ASVs are included here (see Supplementary Figs. S5 and S6 for complete results). Colors indicate ASVs with significantly greater relative abundance in either worms inoculated with the final Box 1 microbiome (red) or worms inoculated with the initial microbiome (dark gray).
