FIG 5.

(a) Bar chart depicting the distribution of bacterial taxa at the family level in whole-gut and fecal matter samples of male and female B. germanica cockroaches from lab-reared and field-collected samples presented by location. Blattabacterium was excluded from this analysis. Each bar depicts the mean relative abundance value of independent replicates (Lab male, gut [G] = 4, fecal matter [FM] = 4; Lab female, G = 5, FM = 5; Apt1 male, G = 4, FM = 3; Apt1 female, G = 4, FM = 4; Apt2 male, G = 4, FM = 4; Apt2 female, G = 4, FM = 4; Apt3 male, G = 4, FM = 4; Apt1 female, G = 4, FM = 4). (b and c) Venn diagrams representing the shared OTUs between gut and feces in lab-reared (b) and field-collected (c) B. germanica adults.