Stool consistency is strongly associated with gut microbiota richness and composition, enterotypes and bacterial growth rates/Experiment 1

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Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Svetlana up on 2025-3-25

Curated date: 2025/03/18

Curator: Francisca

Revision editor(s): Francisca

Subjects

Location of subjects
Belgium
Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Homo sapiens
Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology
Feces Cow dung,Cow pat,Droppings,Dung,Excrement,Excreta,Faeces,Fecal material,Fecal matter,Fewmet,Frass,Guano,Matières fécales@fr,Merde@fr,Ordure,Partie de la merde@fr,Piece of shit,Porción de mierda@es,Portion of dung,Portion of excrement,Portion of faeces,Portion of fecal material,Portion of fecal matter,Portion of feces,Portion of guano,Portion of scat,Portionem cacas,Scat,Spoor,Spraint,Stool,Teil der fäkalien@de,Feces,feces
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Abnormal stool composition Abnormal faeces composition,Abnormal feces composition,Abnormal stool composition,abnormal stool composition
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Decreasing stool consistency in Total Dataset
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Increasing stool consistency in Total Dataset
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
This group represents individuals with altered gut microbiota composition linked to fast intestinal transit in the Total Dataset.
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
3 months

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V4
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
relative abundances
Statistical test
Spearman Correlation
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.1
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
Yes


Signature 2

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Svetlana up on 2025-3-25

Curated date: 2025/03/21

Curator: Francisca

Revision editor(s): Francisca

Source: Table 1

Description: Correlation between stool consistency (Bristol Stool Scale) and differentially abundant gut microbiota genera.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Increasing stool consistency in Total Dataset

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Methanosphaera
Odoribacter
Oxalobacter
Methanobrevibacter
Akkermansia
Butyricimonas

Revision editor(s): Francisca