Fig. 3
From: Surface sterilization methods impact measures of internal microbial diversity in ticks
Comparison of microbial communities between cuticle smears, external washes, and ethanol-treated whole bodies. a Bar plots of the relative abundance of the 12 most abundant families in each sample regrouped by samples category (ethanol for whole bodies, swab for cuticle smears, and wash). b NMDS plot of generalized Unifrac (α = 0.5) distances between samples categories. c Heatmap of the diversity and abundance of OTUs between samples categories