Figure 2From: The vaginal microbiome is stable in prepubertal and sexually mature Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs throughout an estrous cycle Rarefaction curves for the prepubertal minipigs. Rarefaction curves were made for all samples to evaluate the species richness, depth of sampling and sequencing coverage. 97% (68/70) of the curves reached a clear plateau stage examplified with the ten prepubertal samples. The clear plateu stage indicates that the depth of the sampling and sequencing was sufficiently to detect a nearly maximum number of species.Back to article page