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. 2018 Oct 11;13(10):e0202460. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202460

Fig 6. Relative abundance of bacteria.

Fig 6

Effect of iron on the microbiota composition in the colon after DSS-induced colitis. (a) Shannon effective diversity boxplots display decreased numbers of dominant molecular species in all groups, day-1 versus day-10 of the study. (b) The Phylum-level taxonomic composition of all samples (average relative abundance). Ctr. = untreated controls on a standard chow diet containing 200 ppm iron; DSS = 2% w/v dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) treated mice on diets containing low iron (100 ppm), standard iron (200 ppm) and high iron (400 ppm) levels.