Fig. 4

Summary of taxa which were differentially expressed. (a) Cladogram of taxa which were differentially expressed based on Linear discriminant analysis Effect Size (LEfSe), comparing each collection method against the other two combined (“one against all”). There were no significantly different taxa identified when testing “all against all” sampling methods. (b)-(c) Relative abundance of Firmicutes and Proteobacteria by sampling method. (d) Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) scores indicating the effect size of each differentially expressed taxon. (e)-(i): Relative abundances of differentially abundant genera by sampling method