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2. Bacterial community structure across plant species in response to insect attack
Microbial communities’ dissimilarities were evaluated by Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA) across plant rhizospheres after T. niattack (Figure 2A) and their controls (Figure 2B).
Bacterial community structure presented significant differences when comparing the rhizosphere microbiome samples after insect attack (Figure 2A) and control samples (Figure 2B). The rhizosphere microbiome corresponding to insect-attacked plants showed a clustering effect (Figure 2A). However, the control samples showed a separation of the rhizosphere bacterial communities influenced by plant genotype (Figure 2B).