Figure 3.
Beta diversity analysis of bacterial microbiota for hive entrance and gut samples. (a) Bray–Curtis based Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA) and UPGMA tree of hive entrance samples. Natural hives form an isolated cluster in the PCo1 axis. (b) Bray–Curtis based Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA) and UPGMA tree of adult worker gut samples, with clustering and isolation of all environments, and special differentiation for natural samples. Plotting: PCoAs were plotted using Vega editor (v5.22.1, https://vega.github.io/editor/#/). UPGMA trees were visualized in iTOL (v6.5.8, https://itol.embl.de/) and internal colors added via INKSCAPE (v0.92.3-1, https://inkscape.org/).
