Fig. 6: Relative proportion of the ecological processes (homogeneous selection, variable selection dispersal limitation, and ecological drift) contributing to the communities assembled in the micropollutant treatments (BPA, TCS, MI or MII) vs. the controls (i.e., “Con.”). | ISME Communications

Fig. 6: Relative proportion of the ecological processes (homogeneous selection, variable selection dispersal limitation, and ecological drift) contributing to the communities assembled in the micropollutant treatments (BPA, TCS, MI or MII) vs. the controls (i.e., “Con.”).

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

Fig. 6

The relative contribution was expressed as the portion of pairwise sample assembly that could be attributed to each ecological process. Each of the three phases (corresponding to the early, mid, and late stages of the press disturbance) was classified according to the similarity in the average 16S rRNA gene copy numbers as an indicator of community growth progression. Three growth phrases across microcosm batches were: phase 1 (B1–B2), phase 2 (B3–B4), and phase 3 (B5–B7), as shown in Fig. S4G.

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