Different Airway Inflammatory Phenotypes Correlate with Specific Fungal and Bacterial Microbiota in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Figure 2

Alpha diversity and beta diversity of fungal microbiota. Each dot reprented a sample. Box plots of the Chao1 index and Simpson index, to compare alpha diversity (a) between EA and NEA and (c) between EC and NEC. The -axis represented the value of the corresponding Chao1 or Simpson index. The statistical analysis was performed using Wilcoxon rank-sum test and Dunn’ post hoc test. NMDS analysis based on the Bray-Curtis distance to compare beta diversity (b) between EA and NEA and (d) between EC and NEC. PERMANOVA was employed to reveal beta diversity variations.

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