Fig. 2.

Microbial community profiles assessed by 16S rRNA gene analysis.

Microbial composition of both vessels (Control and BPDS). Proportions shown are of the most abundant genera (≥0.5%, identification to genus level where possible) identified by sequencing of the V4 hypervariable regions of the 16S rRNA gene. Data shown is the average relative abundance from the 3 individual experiments from 3 different donors and analysed using the QIIME pipeline. SEM values can be found in Table 2.