Figure 5. Abundance of lowest common ancestors across all microbiome samples.

Bacterial OTUs identified in Qiime are arranged in a bulls-eye configuration with the most commonly occurring group in the yellow center, those occurring in two or more individuals in the blue circle, and those genera occurring only one time in the outermost rim. The lowest common ancestor Qiime classification is given and may be at the genus, family, or class level and as such may overlap. Enterobacter was found in offspring of all parental females and in 68% of the individuals. Samples denoted with a star are those OTUs that were found using both culture-dependent and -independent techniques.