Reducing bias in microbiome research: Comparing methods from sample collection to sequencing/Experiment 7
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Subjects
- Location of subjects
- Netherlands
- 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
- Sample collection protocol Sample collection protocol,sample collection protocol
- Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
- Frozen OMNIgene·GUT control (-80-OMCON)
- Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
- Room temperature OMNIgene·GUTbuffer (RT-OMBUF)
- Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
- OMNIgene·GUT tube with a stabilization buffer and stored at RT for 3–5 days before freezing at −80°C
- Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
- 65
- Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
- 65
- 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
- WMS
- 16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
- Not specified
- 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
- Mann-Whitney (Wilcoxon)
- 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)?
- Yes
- LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
- 3
Alpha Diversity
- Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
- unchanged
- Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
- unchanged
- Richness Number of species
- unchanged
Signature 1
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Source: Fig 3B
Description: Bacterial composition at the phylum level, showing the relative abundance of the phyla.
Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Room temperature OMNIgene·GUTbuffer (RT-OMBUF)
| NCBI | Quality Control | Links |
|---|---|---|
| Bacteroidota | ||
| Pseudomonadota |
Revision editor(s): Shulamite
Signature 2
Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Svetlana up on 2025-4-14
Source: Fig 3B
Description: Bacterial composition at the phylum level, showing the relative abundance of the phyla.
Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Room temperature OMNIgene·GUTbuffer (RT-OMBUF)
| NCBI | Quality Control | Links |
|---|---|---|
| Actinomycetota | ||
| Bacillota |
Revision editor(s): Shulamite
