Research Paper Volume 11, Issue 24 pp 12080—12096

Figure 2. Comparison of the microbial composition between the young, adult and old groups. (A) 3-D Principle component analysis (PCA) plot of samples along principle component (PC) 1,2 and 3, which explained 14.73%, 9.67% and 9.18% of the total variance, respectively. (B) Partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) plot of gut microbiota among three groups: young (n=5, 2–4 years, green dots), adult (n=6, 5–13 years, red dots) and old (n=5, 17–20 years, blue dots).