Mapping axillary microbiota responsible for body odours using a culture-independent approach

Microbiome

Table 1 Statistically significant differences in the proportion of genera and OTUs between sexes

Genus or OTU	Median F	Median M	Session	P ^a	F vs. M (%) ^b
Anaerococcus	0.20	3.72	T1	0.021	−95
	0.05	0.60	T2	0.096	−92
	0	1.11	T3	0.019	−100
	0.05	1.21	T4	0.053	−96
Peptoniphilus	0	0.80	T1	0.19	−100
	0	0.40	T2	0.11	−100
	0	0.60	T3	0.11	−100
	0	0.80	T4	0.048	−100
Corynebacterium OTU13430	0	0	T1	0.14	–
	0	0	T2	0.35	–
	0	0	T3	0.35	–
	0	0.10	T4	0.044	−100
Corynebacterium OTU494493	0	0.10	T1	0.048	−100
	0	0	T2	0.14	–
	0	0	T3	0.14	–
	0	0	T4	0.35	–
Staphylococcus haemolyticus OTU354779	0	0	T1	0.14	–
	0	0	T2	0.14	–
	0	0.40	T3	0.048	−100
	0	0	T4	0.14	–
Anaerococcus OTU14290	0	1.21	T1	0.0055	−100
	0.05	0.50	T2	0.014	−90
	0	0.60	T3	0.0066	−100
	0	0.70	T4	0.0054	−100
Corynebacterium OTU416589	0	0.30	T1	0.11	−100
	0	0.10	T2	0.048	−100
	0	0.30	T3	0.015	−100
	0	0	T4	0.14	–
Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus OTU489717	0	0.80	T1	0.11	−100
	0	0.40	T2	0.048	−100
	0	0.60	T3	0.11	−100
	0	0.80	T4	0.048	−100

F female, M male, T1 morning session on day 1, T2 afternoon session on day 1, T3 morning session on day 2, T4 afternoon session on day 2, −, the median is 0 in both groups whereas the mean is lower in females than in males.
^a P value determined by the Mann-Whitney U test. P values are reported for all sampling points whenever the difference between the groups compared was statistically significant in at least one time point. Significant P values (<0.05) are given in bold.
^bChange in median value in female-to-male comparison.

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