FIG 3.

Nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) plot. Ordination is based on Brian-Curtis distances for all mice following colonization with a healthy microbiome or the microbiome from an OSCC-bearing mouse. Samples are circled according to the experimental group and week (W) sampled. Group 1, no 4-NQO treatment and inoculation with the murine OSCC-associated microbiome; group 3, 4-NQO treatment and inoculation with the murine health-associated microbiome; group 4, 4-NQO treatment and inoculation with the murine OSCC-associated microbiome.