10.1371/journal.pone.0188455.g006 Laura Glendinning Laura Glendinning Gerry McLachlan Gerry McLachlan Lonneke Vervelde Lonneke Vervelde Clustering of chicken BAL fluid samples according to age. Public Library of Science 2017 age groups BAL fluid samples 16 S rRNA gene bacteria 16 S rRNA gene analysis DNA V 2-V region V 3 region OTU generation sequencing technologies lung microbiota samples 2017-11-22 18:32:06 Figure https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/Clustering_of_chicken_BAL_fluid_samples_according_to_age_/5626474 <p>PCOA graph showing the significantly separate clustering by community composition of the bacterial communities in BAL fluid from chickens of different ages (AMOVA: P = 0.017). Prior to clustering, OTUs identified as <i>Pseudomonas</i> were removed as their presence was likely due to contamination from reagents. Each axis label shows the total percentage of variability between samples which is represented by that axis.</p>