Fig. 3: Difference in the bacterial communities in all microcosms batches as determined by non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) ordination. | ISME Communications

Fig. 3: Difference in the bacterial communities in all microcosms batches as determined by non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) ordination.

From: Repeated introduction of micropollutants enhances microbial succession despite stable degradation patterns

Fig. 3

Different treatments are represented by different symbols, and microcosms batches are color-coded. Explanatory environmental variables fitting the ordination are shown with solid arrows. Treatment IDs are: ‘Initial’ containing the starting bacterial communities before the experimental implementation; “Con” microcosms containing no micropollutant additions and serve as the controls; “BPA” microcosms containing bisphenol A; “TCS” microcosms containing triclosan; “MI” microcosms containing a mixture of bisphenol A and triclosan; ‘MII’ microcosms containing a mixture of bisphenol A, triclosan, bisphenol-S and triclocarban. “B1–B7” represent the number of microcosm batch that corresponds to every 5-day inoculation. Explanatory values of the environmental variables to differences in the communities are presented in Supplementary Table S1.

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