Fig. 3

Pearson correlation for V3V5 regions. a Relative abundance of taxa in V3V5 regions found among paired patient- (left) and provider-collected (right) swabs from the same patient with Pearson correlation coefficient > 0.9, ordered from least strongly to most strongly correlated. b Relative abundance of taxa in V3V5 regions found among paired patient- (left) and provider-collected swabs (right) from the same patient with Pearson correlation coefficient < 0.9, ordered from least strongly to most strongly correlated. c Box plot demonstrating Pearson correlation coefficients for correlated microbial communities defined for V3V5 regions in paired patient- and provider-collected swabs from the same patient