Figure 3.

Differential abundances of cecal microbial communities between two age groups. (A) Taxonomic cladogram generated from LefSe analysis showing significant difference in microbiota profile of two age groups, red represented the enriched taxa in 3 days olds’ microbial community and green represented the enriched taxa in 8 days olds’ microbial community. (B) Differently abundant taxa detected with cut-off value of linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score >2.0. Enriched taxa in 8-days-old chicks (green) were indicated with positive LDA score, while taxa enriched in 3-days-old chicks (red) have negative LDA score. (C) Comparison of relative abundance levels of cecal microbiota at family level in 3 and 8 days old chicks was evaluated. The boxplot shows the quartiles above and below the median with dark line at center of the box denoting median, black dots showing the outlier. The respective p value for each family group is reported using Wilcoxon rank sum test. Abbreviations: 3 D, 3 days old; 8 D, 8 days old.