Figure 1.

Box and whisker plots showing alpha diversity, as measured by an observed ASVs metric, for samples taken at 0, 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, and 42 d.p.h. Although increases in alpha diversity were observed between subsequent time points, significant increases in alpha diversity were found between 7 and 14 d.p.h, 14 and 21 d.p.h, and 28 and 42 d.p.h. The increases in alpha diversity between other time points was likely insignificant due to small sample size.