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Fig. 5 | Microbiome

Fig. 5

From: Rhizosheath microbial community assembly of sympatric desert speargrasses is independent of the plant host

Fig. 5

Diversity and taxonomical composition of microbial communities associated with the speargrasses rhizosheath-root system. a, b Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) of a bacterial and b fungal communities associated with the rhizosheath-root system (root, rhizosheath and rhizosphere) and bulk sand. c, d Distance decay relationships of the communities’ dissimilarities (Bray-Curtis) of the bacterial (c) and fungal (d) components in the rhizosheath-root system compartments. e, f Relative abundance of bacterial (e) and fungal (f) phyla/classes associated with host and bulk sand. Relative abundance was expressed as percentage. One star (*) indicates classes belonging to Proteobacteria phylum; two stars (**) indicate classes belonging to Ascomycota phylum

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