Fig. 4

Diffenrentially abundant bacteria families and genera on the skin and in the gut of females and males H. squalostoma. Note that for this analysis juveniles skin and gut samples were respectively used as control which allowed us to evaluate differential abundant bacteria with respect to life stage. A The shift in abundance of bacteria taxa on the skin of males relative to that of females is remarkable, contrasting with the trend in the gut of females which only shows a mild shift. B The gut of males also shows a somewhat mild shift but well noticeable. The results are presented in the form of mean (black dot) with 95% confidence interval represented by the bars