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Fig. 1 | Microbiome

Fig. 1

From: Optimizing methods and dodging pitfalls in microbiome research

Fig. 1

Example of cage effects dominating a mouse study of fungal communities. Fungal lineages in the murine gut were inferred from ITS rRNA gene sequencing of pellets [87]. The heat maps summarize taxonomic assignments derived from the sequence data. The color scale to the right indicates the proportions of each lineage; white indicates not detected. Caging dominated over treatment in this study. The three conditions studied were continuous exposure to antibiotics (Condition 1), short-term exposure to antibiotics (Condition 2), and no exposure to antibiotics (Condition 3). For details see [87]

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