Fig 1.
Schematic depicts the relative location of true (tvf) and false (fvf) vocal folds within the pig, with the epiglottis (epi) located closer to the mouth, and the trachea (trach) located posterior to the vocal folds.
Swabs and biopsied tissue samples were taken from both true and false vocal folds on both left and right sides.
Table 1.
Mean of sequence diversity.
Fig 2.
Taxonomic composition in biopsy and swab samples.
Mean relative abundance in the fourteen most common classes. Error bars represent standard error.
Fig 3.
Comparison of bacterial community structure in pig biopsy and swab samples.
PCoA based on theta YC distances. Biopsy samples are shown with thicker borders while swabs are shown with thinner boarders.
Table 2.
OTUs identified by metastats as significantly different between sampling methods.
Table 3.
OTUs identified by metastats as significantly different between the true and false vocal folds.