FIG 5.

Dynamics of unique bacterial taxa that are acquired by each flock independently during the grow-out period. (A) The total sample space occupied by ASVs that were common to both flocks during both the brood and grow-out stages. Colors represent different taxonomic orders. Note that the sample space occupied is close to 100% in the brood stage but is depressed in the grow-out stage. (B) The majority of the remaining sample space is occupied by ASVs either shared among the grow-out flocks (black box) or unique to each (blue and purple boxes). Colors represent different taxonomic orders, the most abundant of which are given in the adjacent legends. (C) The total relative abundance of ASVs unique to each flock, distributed between the 4 body sites. Legends below each bar chart name the top 10 most abundant of these ASVs within each body site. Colors represent the lowest taxonomic level assigned to an ASV by the SILVA classifier.