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Fig. 3

From: Insights into the respiratory tract microbiota of patients with cystic fibrosis during early Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization

Fig. 3

Cluster analysis of bacterial communities of CF sputa and relative abundance of the predominant genera shared between 50 % of samples and accounting for >1 % of total bacterial community. Hierarchical ascendant classification (HAC) of the 13 predominant genera found in sputum samples by Euclidean distance. Each clinical BETR stage is indicated (baseline clinical state, B; pulmonary exacerbation, E; treatment for exacerbation, T; recovery, R; missing data, MD). The relative abundance for each genus is colored in shades of red (high relative abundance) to yellow or bright white (low relative abundance), as shown in the color key.

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