Fig. 5.

Comparison of HT-qPCR and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing (NGS) data with corrections for Lactiplantibacillus plantarum group species and 16S rRNA gene copy normalization. Relative species compositions of the samples measured by HT-qPCR and NGS The samples are sorted and clustered according to the UPGMA linkage based on the Bray-Curtis dissimilarity. The relative abundance of the 15 species/groups detected by both methods are depicted with the species name; the other taxa were summarized as other species