Fig. 1

Microbial variation during regeneration. (A) Experimental setup for the Data_Develop sequencing data. Adult worms were starved for 7 days and then amputated in head and tail fragments. Right after amputation (0 dpa) samples for sequencing were taken and compared with samples taken after 3, 7 and 14 days of regeneration or development. (B) PCoA of weighted UniFrac illustrating beta-diversity between the different regeneration stages in head and tail fragments (p-adj = 0.001, R² = 0.459). (C) Relative abundances at the genus level per individual during the different stages of regeneration, specific to regenerating head fragments. (D) Relative abundances at genus level per individual during the different stages of regeneration, specific to regenerating tail fragments. (PCoA: principal coordinate analyses, RA: relative abundance, dpa; days post amputation, head 0 dpa n = 6, head 3 dpa n = 5, head 7 dpa n = 6, head 14 dpa n = 3, tail 0 dpa n = 4, tail 3 dpa n = 5, tail 7 dpa n = 6, tail 14 dpa n = 3).