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Table 2 Association of different factors with microbial communities at staphylococcal carriage sites at the baseline visit

From: The shared microbiota of humans and companion animals as evaluated from Staphylococcus carriage sites

Comparison category

Host species

Anatomic site

Beta diversity metric

R statistic and significance

Host species and anatomical site (cat, dog, or human and nares, oral cavity or inguinal/axilla)

All

All

Weighted UniFrac

0.5753***

Unweighted UniFrac

0.4731***

Bray-Curtis

0.5803***

Binary Jaccard

0.5470***

Host species (cat, dog, or human)

All

Nares

Weighted UniFrac

0.4326***

Unweighted UniFrac

0.2525***

Bray-Curtis

0.5230***

Binary Jaccard

0.5378***

Household membership

Cats

Nares

Weighted UniFrac

0.4698*

Unweighted UniFrac

0.7501**

Bray-Curtis

0.7776**

Binary Jaccard

0.9451**

 

Cats

Oral cavity

Weighted UniFrac

0.5246**

Unweighted UniFrac

0.5815**

Bray-Curtis

0.5714**

Binary Jaccard

0.6018**

 

Dogs

Nares

Weighted UniFrac

0.1786

Unweighted UniFrac

0.4100*

Bray-Curtis

0.0363

Binary Jaccard

0.4170*

 

Dogs

Oral cavity

Weighted UniFrac

0.4090**

Unweighted UniFrac

0.3042**

Bray-Curtis

0.4372**

Binary Jaccard

0.5328**

 

Humans

Nares

Weighted UniFrac

0.2525*

Unweighted UniFrac

0.4926**

Bray-Curtis

0.3203**

Binary Jaccard

0.5012**

 

Humans

Inguinal/axilla

Weighted UniFrac

−0.0178

Unweighted UniFrac

0.1196

Bray-Curtis

0.0472

Binary Jaccard

0.1931*

Index subject status (Yes or no)

Humans

Nares

Weighted UniFrac

0.0558

Unweighted UniFrac

−0.0774

Bray-Curtis

0.0807

Binary-Jaccard

−0.1209

 

Humans

Inguinal/axilla

Weighted UniFrac

0.1084

Unweighted UniFrac

−0.1137

Bray-Curtis

0.1399

Binary Jaccard

0.1010

Household pet ownership (Yes or no)

Human

Nares

Weighted UniFrac

0.1466

Unweighted UniFrac

−0.0579

Bray-Curtis

0.0507

Binary Jaccard

−0.0350

 

Human

Inguinal/axilla

Weighted UniFrac

−0.0256

Unweighted UniFrac

0.0495

Bray-Curtis

−0.0319

Binary Jaccard

0.1119

  1. Summarized are ANOSIM analyses assessing association of various metadata on microbial community distances measured using weighted and unweighted UniFrac, Bray-Curtis index, and Jaccard index. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.005, and ***p ≤ 0.001 (FDR adjusted values).