Figure 1
From: Harnessing the microbiomes of Brassica vegetables for health issues
Beta-diversity metrics of bacterial 16S rRNA gene of the vegetable samples visualized by PCoA plots. Community clustering is based on Bray-Curtis dissimilarities (weighted UniFrac) in the relative abundance of OTUs. (a) Bacterial community composition of the pooled traditionally processed samples (TP; filled circles) and the pooled industrially processed samples (IP; open circles). (b) Microbiome variations derived from the vegetable genotype. The colors of the symbols denote for the different vegetables: horseradish (red), arugula (yellow), radish (turquoise), white cabbage (blue), turnip cabbage (green), cauliflower (orange) and broccoli (purple). Circles were drawn for a better visualization of the clusters. ANOSIM describes impact and significance of processing pathway (R = 0.05; p-value = 0.024) and plant genotype (R = 0.53; p-value = 0.001) on the microbiome structure. (c–i) Partitioning of bacterial communities associated with the processing equivalents of each vegetable type. Filled circles denote for traditionally processed samples, open circles show industrially processed samples.
