Fig. 2.

Relative abundance of ASVs at the phylum level. Stacked bar plots represent the relative abundance at the phylum level using SILVA 132 database. Boxplots showing comparative distribution of Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria and Verrucomicrobia in controls (red bars), in gout group (green bars) and in the tophaceous gout group (blue bars). Boxes denote the interquartile range (IQR) between the first and third quartiles, and the line inside represents the median (2nd quartile). Whiskers show the lowest and the highest values