a trend towards significancep = 0.085
Beta diversity Beta diversity analyses revealed a trend towards significance for differences in diversity between the BALF, ETT and TW samples ( p = 0.085, PERMANOVA) (Fig. 4 a).
Beta diversity Beta diversity analyses revealed a trend towards significance for differences in diversity between the BALF, ETT and TW samples ( p = 0.085, PERMANOVA) (Fig. 4 a).
Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) analysis of the respiratory bacterial profiles of the elephants revealed a statistical trend ( p = 0.085, PERMANOVA) toward sample type divergence, based on the deviation of inter-sample diversity of the TW and ETT samples ( p = 0.029, p adj = 0.087).