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Table 4 Analysis of metabolite-associated microbial communities

From: Integrative analysis of the microbiome and metabolome of the human intestinal mucosal surface reveals exquisite inter-relationships

Metabolite mass and retention time

Putative ID

Colonic region

Correlated OTUs, number (q<0.2)

Total branch length

Association type

Average positive correlation

Average negative correlation

Number of correlations >0.2

Number of correlations <−0.2

Magenta module

Multiple

Cecum

120

16.58

All positive

0.16***

−0.14***

2182***

1930***

Green yellow module

Multiple

Cecum

94

16.48

Mostly positive

0.14***

−0.14***

1170***

1126***

342.2631 m/z RT = 4.2272

trans-2-Dodecenoylcarnitine

Cecum

45

11.21

Mostly negative

0.16***

−0.14**

290**

298***

Pink module

Multiple

Cecum

31

9.17

Mostly negative

0.13

−0.11

90

58

Brown module

Multiple

Cecum

23

6.81

All positive

0.18**

−0.12

88**

42

386.2897 m/z RT = 4.3619

3-Hydroxy-cis-5-tetradecenoylcarnitine

Cecum

19

6.18

Mostly negative

0.13

−0.1

28

20

230.1845 m/z RT = 0.4078

N1,N8-diacetylspermidine

Cecum

17

6

All negative

0.32***

−0.29***

102***

84***

596.3475 m/z RT = 3.04

?

Sigmoid

61

8.97

All positive

0.14**

−0.14***

442**

406**

595.3469 m/z RT = 3.0469

L-Urobilin

Sigmoid

58

10.5

All positive

0.13

−0.12*

326

322*

593.3309 m/z RT = 3.0247

I-Urobilinogen

Sigmoid

54

9

Mostly positive

0.15***

−0.14***

384**

344**

613.3011 m/z RT = 3.0293

Harderoporphyrinogen

Sigmoid

52

9.02

All positive

0.15***

−0.14***

376***

356***

605.3348 m/z RT = 3.3185

(23S)-23,25-dihdroxy-24-oxovitamine D3 23-(beta-glucuronide)

Sigmoid

43

10.1

Mostly positive

0.15*

−0.13*

222*

194*

591.3203 m/z RT = 3.0304

Mesobilirubinogen

Sigmoid

37

9.03

Mostly positive

0.13

−0.12*

152*

122

Salmon module

Multiple

Sigmoid

37

8

Mostly positive

0.15*

−0.14**

184**

160**

100.0761 m/z RT = 0.3093

2-Hydroxy-2-methylbutanenitrile

Sigmoid

32

8.37

22% Negative, 78% positive

0.21***

−0.16***

178**

196***

673.3209 m/z RT = 3.3132

?

Sigmoid

30

7.93

Mostly positive

0.15*

−0.14*

128**

110**

434.1867 m/z RT = 0.6621

?

Sigmoid

26

6.54

30% Positive, 70% negative

0.28***

−0.21***

160***

162***

619.3474 m/z RT = 3.6896

?

Sigmoid

25

9.13

Mostly positive

0.13

−0.13*

76*

48

124.0395 m/z RT = 0.3735

Nicotinate

Sigmoid

21

7.47

Mostly negative

0.18**

−0.11

58*

30

615.3154 m/zRT = 3.0227

Mesobilirubinogen

Sigmoid

18

6.31

All positive

0.1

−0.08

6

2

Midnight blue module

Multiple

Sigmoid

18

6

All positive

0.1

−0.08

14

12

  1. Significance values: ***P ≤0.001, **P ≤0.01, *P ≤0.05.
  2. Total branch length is the sum of all branch lengths from Phylogenetic (Newick) trees containing the corresponding operational taxonomic units (OTUs). Retention time (RT) is provided in minutes.