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Fig. 2 | BMC Cancer

Fig. 2

From: Temporal changes in gut microbiota profile in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia prior to commencement-, during-, and post-cessation of chemotherapy

Fig. 2

Bacteria phyla compositions in ALL patients and healthy controls. Distribution of the most abundant phyla in each patient across sampling time (labelled as month from baseline) and sampling phase (pre-, during-, and post-chemotherapy), as well as in controls were visualized with stacked barplots (a). These top 6 phyla (Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, Fusobacteria and Verrucomicrobia) comprised more than 99% of the abundance, while other taxa were grouped as ‘other’. Average relative abundances of the phyla of the first (pre-chemo) and last (post-chemo) samples of the ALL patients, as well as the controls were also plotted on barplots (b). Comparison of the phyla relative abundances between pre-chemo, post-chemo and control groups identified three phyla (Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes and Actinobacteria) that were significantly different among the groups (c, d, e). The lower quartile relative abundance of Bacteroidetes and the higher quartile relative abundances of Firmicutes and Actinobacteria of the control group were indicated with dotted lines

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