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Fig. 2 | Genome Medicine

Fig. 2

From: Dynamics of the fecal microbiome in patients with recurrent and nonrecurrent Clostridium difficile infection

Fig. 2

Samples clustered into four major community profiles. The relative abundance of the 40 most abundant operational taxonomic units (OTUs), with classification to the genus level and organized by bacterial phylum, is shown in columns. Samples were binned into four major clusters using the Partitioning Around Medoids (PAM) algorithm based on the Jensen–Shannon divergence. The mean inverse Simpson index (λ) per cluster is shown on the left axis (samples). Sample categorization on the left axis is based on the following classifications: patient group category (nonrecurrent, recurrent, or reinfected); clinical lab results (Quik Chek, positive or negative); C. difficile cultivation results (positive or negative); and disease severity (severe or non-severe) at sample collection during a CDI diagnosis NA = text result not available

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