Fig. 3

Differences in bacterial community composition between phyllosphere and laimosphere with focus on those 27 plant individuals that were sampled for both compartments. A Principal component plot (rCLR transformed) illustrating beta diversity. Differences related to compartment were evaluated by PERMANOVA on a robust Aitchison distance matrix. B Differences in Shannon’s index, evenness, and Faith’s PD. Differences were assessed based on Wilcoxon signed-rank test for each pair of indices. C Venn diagram illustrating shared versus unique ASVs in the phyllosphere and laimosphere. The number of corresponding ASVs is indicated, with corresponding percentages given in parentheses