16S rRNA gene sequencing of rectal swab in patients affected by COVID-19
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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
Curated date: 2021/07/04
Curator: Claregrieve1
Revision editor(s): LGeistlinger, Claregrieve1, WikiWorks, Peace Sandy
Subjects
- Location of subjects
- Italy
- 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
- Rectum Intestinum rectum,Rectal sac,Terminal portion of intestine,Terminal portion of large intestine,Rectum,rectum
- Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
- COVID-19 2019 novel coronavirus,2019 novel coronavirus infection,2019-nCoV,2019-nCoV infection,beta-CoV,beta-CoVs,betacoronavirus,coronavirus disease 2019,SARS-coronavirus 2,SARS-CoV-2,severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2,severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infectious disease,β-coronavirus,β-CoV,β-CoVs,COVID-19,cOVID-19
- Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
- Pneumonia control patients (COVID-negative)
- Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
- COVID-positive patients admitted to ICU (i-COVID-19)
- Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
- COVID-19 patients with nasopharyngeal swab positive for SARS-CoV-2, > 18 years of age admitted in ICU
- Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
- 8
- Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
- 6
Lab analysis
- Sequencing type
- 16S
- 16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
- V2-V9
- Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
- Ion Torrent
Statistical Analysis
- Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
- raw counts
- Statistical test
- DESeq2
- 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
Alpha Diversity
- Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
- unchanged
- Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
- decreased
Signature 1
Source: Table S5, Table S8, Table S11
Description: Differential abundance of microbial taxa between controls and ICU-admitted COVID-19 patients
Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in COVID-positive patients admitted to ICU (i-COVID-19)
Revision editor(s): Claregrieve1
Signature 2
Source: Table S5, S8, S11
Description: Differential abundance of microbial taxa between controls and ICU-admitted COVID-19 patients
Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in COVID-positive patients admitted to ICU (i-COVID-19)
Revision editor(s): Claregrieve1
Experiment 2
Curated date: 2021/07/04
Curator: Claregrieve1
Revision editor(s): LGeistlinger, Claregrieve1, WikiWorks, Victoria
Subjects
- Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
- COVID-positive patients admitted to infectious disease ward (w-COVID-19)
- Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
- 9
Lab analysis
Statistical Analysis
Alpha Diversity
- Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
- unchanged
- Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
- decreased
Signature 1
Source: Table S6, S9, S12
Description: Differential microbial abundance between ICU COVID-19 patients (i-COVID-19) and non-ICU COVID-19 patients (w-COVID-19)
Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in COVID-positive patients admitted to ICU (i-COVID-19)
Revision editor(s): Claregrieve1
Signature 2
Source: Table S6, S9, S12
Description: Differential microbial abundance between ICU COVID-19 patients (i-COVID-19) and non-ICU COVID-19 patients (w-COVID-19)
Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in COVID-positive patients admitted to ICU (i-COVID-19)
Revision editor(s): Claregrieve1
Experiment 3
Curated date: 2021/07/04
Curator: Claregrieve1
Revision editor(s): LGeistlinger, Claregrieve1, WikiWorks, Victoria
Subjects
- Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
- Pneumonia controls (COVID-negative)
- Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
- COVID-positive patients admitted to infectious disease ward (w-COVID-19)
- Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
- COVID-19 patients with nasopharyngeal swab positive for SARS-CoV-2, > 18 years of age admitted in infectious disease ward
- Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
- 8
- Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
- 9
Lab analysis
Statistical Analysis
Alpha Diversity
- Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
- unchanged
- Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
- unchanged
Signature 1
Source: Table S1, S4, S7, S10
Description: Differential abundance of microbial taxa between non-COVID-19 patients and non-ICU COVID-19 patients
Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in COVID-positive patients admitted to infectious disease ward (w-COVID-19)
Revision editor(s): Claregrieve1
Signature 2
Source: Table S1, S4, S7, S10
Description: Differential abundance of microbial taxa between non-COVID-19 patients and non-ICU COVID-19 patients
Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in COVID-positive patients admitted to infectious disease ward (w-COVID-19)
Revision editor(s): Claregrieve1