Fig. 5

LEfSe identifying the most differentially abundant taxons among three feeding habit stages. a LDA effect size taxonomic cladogram comparing three aggregate datasets of 16S rRNA genes categorized by feeding habits. Significantly discriminant taxon nodes are colored and branch areas are shaded according to the effect size of taxa. (Blue) taxa enriched in ZS (zooplankton-based diet stage) group; (Green) taxa enriched in TS (diet transition stage) group; (Red) taxa enriched in HS (herbivorous diet stage) group. The corresponding nodes of taxa, which are not significantly differentially represented between sample groups, are colored yellow. b Taxa enriched in ZS (blue), TS (green) and HS (red) are indicated with LDA scores. Only taxa meeting an LDA significant threshold of 3 are shown