Fig. 6.

Microbial communities are generally phylogenetically clustered versus evenly distributed. a The phylogeny is the same as shown in Fig. 1. From inner to outer, the data mapped onto the tree is host diet, mean standardized effect sizes for mean phylogenetic distance (MPD) and mean nearest taxon distance (MNTD), and samples with significant phylogenetic clustering or evenness based on MPD or MNTD. The animal species possessing microbial communities that were phylogenetically evenly distributed were the long-eared owl (Asio otus), fallow deer (Dama dama), red deer (Cervus elaphus), cattle (Bos taurus), and sheep (Ovis aries). b The bar charts depict the fraction of host species for each host class/diet where microbial taxa are more phylogenetically clustered (clustered) or evenly distributed (even) than expected from the null model or those that did not deviate from the null model (NA). Source data are provided as a Source Data file