Figure 2
From: Temporal development of the oral microbiome and prediction of early childhood caries
Principal component analysis of the oral microbiome from 1.9 months to 48.6 months-of-age showing the temporal development of the bacterial community. (A) Inclusion of the mothers’ oral microbiome (blue) into the data, showing the relationship of the children’s microbiome to that of their mothers’. (B) Without the mothers, a longitudinal trend is still observed. The microbiome of each child is shown at ages 1.9 (orange), 7.7 (grey), 13.2 (green), 19.7 (pink), 39 (yellow) and 48.6 (black) months. Confidence ellipse plots for each mean age group are represented at a 95% level.
