Figure 3:

Effect of diet on diversity indexes of the bovine rumen microbiome. Comparison of α-diversity, β-diversity, and richness at gene (a), KEGG orthologs (KO) (b), carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) (c), genera (d), and antibiotic resistance gene (e) levels among cattle fed dairy (D, red, n = 23), fattening high-starch (FH, dark blue, n = 16), fattening low-starch (FL, light blue, n = 18), and grazing (G, green, n = 20) diets. Asterisk indicates P < 0.05. line inside box is median, lower and upper box edges indicate interquantile range (IQR) (25th to 75th percentile, maximum dotted line = Q3 + 1.5*IQR, minimum dottet line = Q1 –1.5*IQR, dots outside line range are outliers.