1. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) ordination of variation in bacterial community structure of tree phyllosphere along a gradient of urban intensity.
Nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) ordination of variation in bacterial community structure of tree phyllosphere along a gradient of urban intensity. Data represent ordination based on Bray-Curtis distances among 108 samples. Samples (points) are colored based on the urban gradient (blue for low intensity, orange for medium intensity, and red for high intensity). In panel a, shapes represent host species identity (squares for Acer platanoides; circles for Acer rubrum; triangles for Acer saccharum; diamonds for Celtis occidentalis; sun crosses for Fraxinus Americana; squares with cross for Fraxinus pennsylvanica; stars for Picea glauca); ellipses indicate 1 standard deviation confidence intervals around samples from urban gradient intensity. In panel b, arrows represent the significant (P < 0.001) correlations between NMDS axes versus the relative abundances of bacterial classes in communities.
Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe et al. mSystems 2017; doi: /mSystems