Fig. 3

Phylum-level classification of bacterial microbiota from 85 skin swabs shows no apparent impact of treatment. Each bar represents a different sample. The most abundant phyla are colored as shown in the key. Timepoints are indicated uppermost. T1 and T2 indicate beginning and end of ciclosporin treatment, respectively; T3 and T4 indicate beginning and end of prednisone treatment, respectively. Within each timepoint (T), samples are ordered by dog (1 - > 6). The samples are from left to right: T0, 1_ing1, 1_ing2, 1_pinna1, 1_pinna2, 2_ing1, 2_ing2, 2_pinna1, 2_pinna2, 3_ing1, 3_ing2, 3_ing3, 3_pinna1, 3_pinna2, 3_pinna3, 4_ing1, 4_ing2, 4_pinna1, 4_pinna2, 5_ing1, 5_ing2, 5_pinna1, 5_pinna2, 6_ing1, 6_ing2, 6_pinna1, 6_pinna2. T1, 1_ing1, 1_pinna1, 2_ing1, 2_pinna1, 3_ing1, 3_pinna1, 4_ing1, 5_ing1, 5_pinna1, 6_ing1, 6_pinna1. T2, 1_ing1, 1_pinna1, 2_ing1, 2_pinna1, 3_ing1, 3_pinna1, 4_ing1, 4_pinna1, 5_ing1, 5_pinna1, 6_ing1, 6_pinna1. T3, 4_ing1, 4_pinna1, 5_ing1, 5_pinna1, 6_ing1, 6_pinna1, 1_ing1, 1_pinna1, 2_ing1, 2_pinna1, 3_ing1, 3_pinna1. T4, 1_ing1, 1_pinna1, 2_ing1, 2_pinna1, 3_ing1, 3_pinna1, 4_ing1, 4_pinna1, 5_ing1, 5_pinna1, 6_ing1, 6_pinna1. T5, 1_ing1, 1_pinna1, 2_ing1, 2_pinna1, 3_ing1, 3_pinna1, 4_ing1, 4_pinna1, 5_ing1, 5_pinna1, 6_ing1, 6_pinna1, where the number before the underscore indicates dog number and the final number within each code indicates left (1) and right (2) side. On timepoint T0 dog 3 was sampled three times, as indicated by (3)