Assessment of lower respiratory tract microbiota associated with pulmonary tuberculosis in children/Experiment 2

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Curated date: 2025/07/28

Curator: Nuerteye

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Subjects

Location of subjects
China
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
Sputum Expectoration,Sputum,sputum
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Pulmonary tuberculosis lung TB,lung tuberculosis,pulmonary TB,pulmonary tuberculosis,Tuberculosis, Pulmonary,Pulmonary tuberculosis
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
clinical diagnosis (negative)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
bacteriologically confirmed TB (positive)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
children with active pulmonary TB (bacteriologically confirmed or clinically diagnosed)
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
34
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
51
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
not received antibiotics for a minimum of 3 months before the study.

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
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

Statistical test
LEfSe
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.05
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
2

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

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2025/07/28

Curator: Nuerteye

Revision editor(s): Nuerteye

Source: Figure 3D

Description: Association of respiratory microbiota with bacteriologically confirmed TB. (D) Identification of species with significant differences in abundance between the two groups using LEfSe (LDA effect size) analysis.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in bacteriologically confirmed TB (positive)

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XanthomonadalesXanthomonadales
PaenibacillalesPaenibacillales
Paenibacillaceae
Paenibacillus

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Signature 2

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Curated date: 2025/07/28

Curator: Nuerteye

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Source: Figure 3D

Description: Association of respiratory microbiota with bacteriologically confirmed TB. (D) Identification of species with significant differences in abundance between the two groups using LEfSe (LDA effect size) analysis.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in bacteriologically confirmed TB (positive)

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Anaerostipes
Coprococcus
Escherichia/Shigella sp.
Erysipelotrichaceae UCG 003Erysipelotrichaceae UCG 003
Dorea
CAG 352CAG 352
Ruminococcus
Collinsella
Coriobacteriaceae
Lactobacillus sanfranciscensisLactobacillus sanfranciscensis
Eubacterium coprostanoligenes
Agathobacter
Christensenellaceae R7Christensenellaceae R7
Christensenellales
Christensenellaceae bacterium
Subdoligranulum
Bifidobacterium adolescentis
Carnobacteriaceae
Granulicatella
FirmicutesFirmicutes

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