Extended Data Table 2.
Beta diversity analysis (PERMANOVA and ANOSIM) for the three age group comparison.
PERMANOVA test and ANOSIM test were performed in PAST (Paleontological Statistics software package for education and data analysis), version 4.04. From the PERMANOVA test the Bonferroni corrected P value and F value is reported. From the ANOSIM test, the Bonferroni corrected P value and the R value is reported. Both tests were done separately for the Day 1 (N = 520), Day 15 (N = 412) and Day 85 (N = 457) samples. All Bonferroni corrected P value < 0.05 are highlighted in blue.