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Fig. 2 | Microbiome

Fig. 2

From: Mentholation affects the cigarette microbiota by selecting for bacteria resistant to harsh environmental conditions and selecting against potential bacterial pathogens

Fig. 2

Box plots showing alpha diversity (Chao1 richness estimator and Shannon Index) variation across samples on non-rarefied data (a) and with data rarefied to the minimum sampling depth (b). Bars are colored by mentholation status: red bars—non-mentholated; green bars—user mentholated; blue bars—custom-mentholated; purple bars—commercially-mentholated

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