Figure 8
From: Biogeography of the ecosystems of the healthy human body
Community stability over time. The longitudinal studies were based on 18 habitats from HMP. The similarity of the bacterial communities of each subject between two sampling points was evaluated by Spearman correlation coefficient (y-axis). Oral habitats and stool showed higher correlation between visits; skin and vaginal habitats showed lower correlation between visits. The variation of community stability between subjects is especially high in the skin habitats.