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Fig. 6  | BMC Genomics

Fig. 6 

From: A cautionary signal from the Red Sea on the impact of increased dust activity on marine microbiota

Fig. 6 

Taxonomic changes in microbial phyla in the Red Sea surface waters in response to the 2016 and 2017 sandstorms. a Bar graph shows changes in the average relative abundance of the most abundant Phyla present on 5micron filters, during the 2016 (left) and 2017 (right) sampling events. Box plots demonstrate the average relative abundance of the most affected phyla, as follow: b Cyanobacteria; c Bacteroidetes; d Archaea. Turkey’s HSD test was used to analyze significant differences between time points, where different alphabetical letters on top of each graph denotes significant differences between the time points (p < 0.05). The dates under each bar, from left to right, represent: 1st bar (approximately one month before sandstorm); 2nd bar (2–3 days following sandstorm); 3rd bar (six days following sandstorm); 4th bar (approximately one month following sandstorm)

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