Figure 1

Median abundance and evenness per cluster. (a) For each median sample per cluster, the cumulative co-values for the five most abundant genera in descending order are plotted. In (b) the actual genera present in each cluster are shown; this clearly illustrates the dominance of lactobacilli in clusters KRST-I and II, and a more even distribution of the other 18 most abundant anaerobic genera in other clusters. Cluster KRST-II also contained Atopobium vaginae and Prevotella spp., but these are not visible in (b) because their abundance in most samples was low. They are visible in the heatmap in Figure 2.