Figure 3.
Example of longitudinal profiling of an acute traumatic injury (open fracture), overlaid with clinical metadata to identify potential microbiomic features associated with intervention (surgery) and outcomes. The y-axis represents longitudinal time points sampled. Swab samples were collected from the open fracture (prior to closure) or the surgical wound (after closure). (Top) Alpha diversity metrics; (middle) bacterial load; and (bottom) relative abundance of the top five most abundant bacterial taxa (EA Grice, unpubl.).
