Fig 6. Urogenital schistosomiasis and induced bladder pathology result in specific microbiome changes in the urinary tract.

Differentially abundant microbiome (A) between urogenital schistosomiasis induced bladder pathology (advanced) and healthy controls, and (B) between urogenital schistosomiasis (infection-only) and healthy controls (FDR<0.05). Differential abundance was measured with LogFC, the log2 of the number of times the OTUs belonging to a genus (or family) are more numerous in one group relative to the other. Circle on a vertical line represents a bacterial genus or family colored by their phylum and the genus or family is named at the end of the line. More than one circle on a vertical line represents species of the same genus. The genus is labeled on the x-axis. UC represents a genus whose identity could not be completely confirmed, but with known family or order. Abundant microbes in each of the two groups are presented on either side of the middle zero line.