Figure 3.

C. hiranonis abundance in dog fecal samples with and without C. difficile. Dogs tested positive for C. difficile had significantly lower abundances (logDNA/g) of C. hiranonis than did dogs that tested negative for C. difficile. The shaded area represents the reference interval. Minimum, maximum, and median are shown. Box and whisker plot showing minimum, maximum, median, and interquartile range are shown. Since the 25% percentile and median are equal in the right-sided plot they are not displayed as separate lines. Grey colored area represents the reference interval.