Figure 5

Top 25 most abundant bacterial species present in BALF, ETT, and TW samples collected from captive (zoo) and free-ranging elephants. Relative abundances of these species are displayed with stacked bar charts stratified by sample type. Samples are ordered according to Bray–Curtis dissimilarity. BALF bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, ETT endotracheal tube wash, TW trunk wash.