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Table 3 Association of staphylococcal carriage with microbial communities at 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

CPS colonization status (Yes or no)

Humans

Nares

Weighted UniFrac

0.008

Unweighted UniFrac

0.0389

Bray-Curtis

−0.0165

Binary Jaccard

0.0113

 

Humans

Inguinal/axilla

Weighted UniFrac

0.1514

Unweighted UniFrac

0.1391

Bray-Curtis

0.2577

Binary Jaccard

0.1983

 

Cats

Nares

Weighted UniFrac

−0.0729

Unweighted UniFrac

−0.0683

Bray-Curtis

−0.0626

Binary Jaccard

−0.0459

 

Cats

Oral cavity

Weighted UniFrac

−0.0356

Unweighted UniFrac

−0.0347

Bray-Curtis

−0.0717

Binary Jaccard

−0.0480

 

Dogs

Nares

Weighted UniFrac

0.0994

Unweighted UniFrac

0.0369

Bray-Curtis

0.1299

Binary Jaccard

0.1483

 

Dogs

Oral cavity

Weighted UniFrac

0.1491

Unweighted UniFrac

0.2495*

Bray-Curtis

0.1265

Binary Jaccard

0.1751

S. aureus colonization status (Yes or no)

Humans

Nares

Weighted UniFrac

−0.0063

Unweighted UniFrac

−0.0938

Bray-Curtis

−0.0845

Binary Jaccard

−0.1714

 

Humans

Inguinal/axilla

Weighted UniFrac

No S. aureus at this time point

Unweighted UniFrac

Bray-Curtis

Binary Jaccard

 

Cats

Nares

Weighted UniFrac

−0.0228

Unweighted UniFrac

−0.1451

Bray-Curtis

−0.1280

Binary Jaccard

−0.0980

 

Cats

Oral cavity

Weighted UniFrac

−0.2021

Unweighted UniFrac

−0.1815

Bray-Curtis

−0.220

Binary Jaccard

−0.1398

 

Dogs

Nares

Weighted UniFrac

−0.0540

Unweighted UniFrac

−0.1028

Bray-Curtis

−0.1452

Binary Jaccard

−0.2037

 

Dogs

Oral cavity

Weighted UniFrac

−0.1012

Unweighted UniFrac

−0.1176

Bray-Curtis

−0.1831

Binary Jaccard

−0.0311

MRSA colonization status (Yes or no)

Humans

Nares

Weighted UniFrac

−0.0236

Unweighted UniFrac

−0.1443

Bray-Curtis

−0.0718

Binary Jaccard

−0.1910

 

Humans

Inguinal/axilla

Weighted UniFrac

0.1150

Unweighted UniFrac

−0.1172

Bray-Curtis

0.1653

Binary Jaccard

0.0008

 

Cats

Nares

Weighted UniFrac

−0.2287

Unweighted UniFrac

−0.2056

Bray-Curtis

−0.2460

Binary Jaccard

−0.2810

 

Cats

Oral cavity

Weighted UniFrac

−0.2582

Unweighted UniFrac

−0.0009

Bray-Curtis

−0.2450

Binary Jaccard

−0.0194

 

Dogs

Nares

Weighted UniFrac

−0.2705

Unweighted UniFrac

−0.0066

Bray-Curtis

−0.2904

Binary Jaccard

−0.2473

 

Dogs

Oral cavity

Weighted UniFrac

No MRSA at this time point

Unweighted UniFrac

Bray-Curtis

Binary Jaccard

  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 (FDR adjusted value).