Fig. 7From: Developmental succession of the microbiome of Culex mosquitoesAlpha diversity. Alpha diversity (Chao1, Phylogenetic diversity, observed species and Shannon) of bacterial communities (based on OTUs) in different Culex mosquito stages: early-instar larvae, late-instar larvae (lab-reared or field-collected) and adults. Pupal samples were not included in the alpha diversity plots shown below because there was a large variation in the number of sequences between the two samples analyzedBack to article page