Association between clinical and environmental factors and the gut microbiota profiles in young South African children
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Quality control
- Retracted paper
- Contamination issues suspected
- Batch effect issues suspected
- Uncontrolled confounding suspected
- Results are suspect (various reasons)
- Tags applied
Experiment 1
Subjects
- Location of subjects
- South Africa
- 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
- Age Age,age
- Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
- Group C (> 2 to 5 age)
- Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
- Group A (0-1 age)
- Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
- Children within 0-1 year of age.
- Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
- 66
- Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
- 24
- Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
- 12 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).
- centered log-ratio
- Statistical test
- ANCOM
- 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
Signature 1
Source: Figure 5A
Description: Statistically significant taxa identified by ANCOM labelled in the Comparison between groups A (0-1 age) & C (>2 to <5 age).
Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Group A (0-1 age)
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Signature 2
Source: Figure 5A
Description: Statistically significant taxa identified by ANCOM labelled in the Comparison between groups A (0-1 age) & C (>2 to <5 age).
Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Group A (0-1 age)
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Agathobacter | ||
Lachnospiraceae bacterium NK4A136 | ||
oscillospiraceae UCG:002oscillospiraceae UCG:002 |
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Experiment 2
Subjects
- Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
- Group A (0-1 age)
- Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
- Group B (>1 to 2 age)
- Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
- Children with age group between > 1 to 2.
- Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
- 24
- Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
- 25
Lab analysis
Statistical Analysis
Alpha Diversity
- Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
- increased
- Faith Phylogenetic diversity, takes into account phylogenetic distance of all taxa identified in a sample
- increased
Signature 1
Source: Figure 5B
Description: Statistically significant taxa identified by ANCOM labelled in the Comparison between groups A (0-1 age) & B (>1 to 2 age).
Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Group B (>1 to 2 age)
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Butyricicoccus | ||
Dorea | ||
Faecalibacterium | ||
Haemophilus | ||
Lachnospiraceae bacterium NK4A136 | ||
unclassified Lachnospiraceae |
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Signature 2
Source: Figure 5B
Description: Statistically significant taxa identified by ANCOM labelled in the Comparison between groups A (0-1 age) & B (>1 to 2 age).
Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Group B (>1 to 2 age)
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[Clostridium] innocuum |
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Experiment 3
Subjects
- Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
- Group B (> 1 to 2 age)
- Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
- Group C (> 2 to < 5 age)
- Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
- Children with age group between > 2 to 5.
- Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
- 25
- Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
- 66
Lab analysis
Statistical Analysis
Signature 1
Source: Figure 5C
Description: Statistically significant taxa identified by ANCOM labelled in the Comparison between groups B (>1 to 2 age) and C (>2 to <5 age).
Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Group C (> 2 to < 5 age)
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UCG:002UCG:002 | ||
UCG:005UCG:005 |
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Signature 2
Source: Figure 5C
Description: Statistically significant taxa identified by ANCOM labelled in the Comparison between groups B (>1 to 2 age) and C (>2 to <5 age).
Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Group C (> 2 to < 5 age)
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Flavonifractor | ||
Mediterraneibacter gnavus | ||
Thomasclavelia |
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