Fig. 2

Biogeography of the core mycobiome and microbial burden along the gastrointestinal tract of day-42 chickens. a Relative abundances (%) of the ten most abundant core fungal ASVs. b Absolute abundances (genome copy number/g digesta) of the fungal and bacterial populations as well as the ratios of the fungal to bacterial genome copy number. Statistics was performed with ANOVA and post hoc Tukey test. The values in a row not sharing a common superscript are considered significantly different (P < 0.05)