Fig. 3

The bacterial microbiome was depleted stably and continuously by treatment with antibiotics. (a) Percentage of community abundance at the genus level at each timepoint. The bacterial composition changed noticeably, and the diversity of the bacterial microbiome decreased sharply. We took the average of the 3 biological replicates at each timepoint, and every genus is presented in its own color. (b, c) α-Diversity analysis of the bacterial microbiome calculated by Mothur (version v.1.30.1). The Shannon diversity index represents the diversity of the bacterial microbiome, and the ACE shows richness. We show the average of the 3 biological replicates at each timepoint