Fig. 3: Effects of protists on the relative abundance and richness of ARGs involved in antibiotic resistant mechanisms.
From: Protistan predation selects for antibiotic resistance in soil bacterial communities
A The relative abundance and (B) richness of ARGs classified according to their different antibiotic resistant mechanisms. Letters indicate the significant difference in the ARG profile among treatments (one-way ANOVA, post hoc LSD test, p < 0.05). C The abundance of dominant ARGs and their changes across the three protist treatments. Triangles and asterisks indicate the abundance increase and decrease of ARGs in the medium and high protist treatments (unit: percentage (%)), respectively, compared to the low protist treatments. L Low, M Medium, H High protist concentrations.
