Pathogenic bacterial species and the microbiome of cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) inhabiting flea-infested homes
Fig 5
Relative abundance and decontam frequency score for all bacterial ASVs present in two-or-more samples following short- (left) and long-read (right) 16S rRNA gene sequencing.
Decontam scores range from 0 to 1 with high scores suggesting true sample origin and low scores suggesting contaminant origin. Colors indicate known core taxa (Wolbachia in pink, Rickettsia in green, Bartonella in yellow) and a proposed fourth core taxa (Spiroplasma in blue) based on its high prevalence, abundance, and decontam frequency score in the long-read dataset.