Differences in gut microbiota associated with age, sex, and stool consistency in healthy Japanese subjects/Experiment 4
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Subjects
- Location of subjects
- Japan
- 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
- Intermediate (stool in Males)
- Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
- Hard (stool in Males)
- Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
- Stool consistency (in males) classified as Hard using the Bristol stool scale (BSS)
- Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
- 86
- Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
- 9
- 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
- V3-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
- T-Test
- Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
- 0.05
- MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
- No
Alpha Diversity
- Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
- unchanged
- Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
- unchanged
- Richness Number of species
- unchanged
Signature 1
Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-5-7
Source: Figure 8A
Description: Significantly different genera of microbial communities among each stool consistency group for males according to their BSS (Bristol Scale Score)
Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Hard (stool in Males)
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| Oscillospira |
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