Figure 1. Seasonal Differences in the Bear
Fecal Microbiota
(A) Seasonal cycle of the brown bear.
(B) Principal coordinate analysis of the bear fecal
microbiota from summer and winter.
(C) Bacterial taxonomic representation in bear
microbiota in summer and winter on phylum level.
(D) Significantly altered bacterial phyla between
summer and winter in bear microbiota.
(E) Relative abundance (%) of high-abundant and
season-dependent OTUs of the bear fecal microbiota.
Data are mean ± SEM n = 8 for summer and n = 15
for winter. *q < 0.05; **q < 0.01; ****q < 0.0001.