Ascaris suum infection was associated with a worm-independent reduction in microbial diversity and altered metabolic potential in the porcine gut microbiome/Experiment 2

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Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by ChiomaBlessing on 2024-4-14

Curated date: 2024/03/07

Curator: JimFlashy

Revision editor(s): JimFlashy, Scholastica

Subjects

Location of subjects
Belgium
Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Sus scrofa domesticus
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
Ascariasis Ascariasis,ascariasis,Ascariasis - roundworm,ascariasis - roundworm,Ascaris lumbricoides caused disease or disorder,Ascaris lumbricoides disease or disorder,Ascaris lumbricoides infection,Ascaris lumbricoides infectious disease
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Uninfected piglets
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Ascaris suum infected piglets
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Feces samples from ascariasis infected piglets
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
4
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
10
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
None

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
LEfSe
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
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
2

Alpha Diversity

Pielou Quantifies how equal the community is numerically
decreased
Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
decreased
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
decreased
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
decreased
Faith Phylogenetic diversity, takes into account phylogenetic distance of all taxa identified in a sample
decreased

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by ChiomaBlessing on 2024-4-9

Curated date: 2024/03/07

Curator: JimFlashy

Revision editor(s): JimFlashy, Scholastica

Source: Figure 1B

Description: Differentially abundant microbial signatures in the feces of ascaris suum infected piglets compared to uninfected piglets.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Ascaris suum infected piglets

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Citrobacter
Lachnospiraceae
Mycoplasma
Mycoplasmataceae
Mycoplasmatales
Roseburia

Revision editor(s): JimFlashy, Scholastica

Signature 2

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by ChiomaBlessing on 2024-4-9

Curated date: 2024/03/07

Curator: JimFlashy

Revision editor(s): JimFlashy, Scholastica

Source: Figure 1B

Description: Differentially abundant microbial signatures in the feces of ascaris suum infected piglets compared to uninfected piglets.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Ascaris suum infected piglets

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Acidaminococcus

Revision editor(s): JimFlashy, Scholastica