Fig. 1
From: Fecal microbiota changes associated with pathogenic and non-pathogenic diarrheas in foals
Diversity analyses of pathogenic and non-pathogenic diarrhea samples. Alpha diversity was analyzed using (A) Chao 1, (B) Shannon, (C) Simpson, and (D) Fisher indices. The red box plots represent diarrhea samples with positive diagnostic detection of pathogenic microbes, and the blue box plots represent samples with no pathogens detected by qPCR. n = 9–10 samples per group; statistical analyses performed using Mann-Whitney test with * representing significance (p ≤ 0.05). (E) Beta diversity was examined via principal coordinate analysis of microbial genera using the Bray-Curtis Index for the distance method with samples divided by detectable pathogen status as well as PERMANOVA statistics. Red points represent samples with positive diagnostic detection of pathogenic microbes; blue points represent samples with no pathogens detected