Fig. 7
a–f Absolute abundance of sul1, tet(W), 16S rRNA gene copies and intI1 genes for all scales by cattle type, antibiotic (ABX) dosing, and composting method. The shaded portion of the plot indicates the duration of the thermophilic phase (> 55 °C). Error bars represent standard deviation of three biological replicates. All significant differences can be found in SI Table 6. Noteworthy differences include a–d small-scale: decrease in tet(W) from day 0 to day 42 (p = 0.001–0.02), increase in sul1 from day 0 to day 42 (p = 0.0004–0.02), and increase in intI1 from day 0 to day 42 (p = 0.0004–0.008,) and e externally heated: decrease from day 0 to day 42 in tet(W (p = 0.008) and sul1increase(p = 0.004)