Microbiome

Table 2 Stability, estimated as intraclass correlation (ICC) coefficient and UniFrac distance-based R ², between two time points

From: Collection media and delayed freezing effects on microbial composition of human stool

		ICC
	Relative^a abundance	Time 3 days vs. Time 0				Time 7 days vs. Time 0
	Relative^a abundance	RNAlater alone	RNAlater + Kanamycin	RNAlater + Ciprofloxacin	RNAlater alone	RNAlater + Kanamycin	RNAlater + Ciprofloxacin
p__Actinobacteria	2.10 %	0.96	0.98	0.97	0.98	0.92	0.95
p__Bacteroidetes	14.60 %	0.76	0.82	0.81	0.70	0.79	0.69
p__Firmicutes	75.10 %	0.73	0.81	0.77	0.68	0.77	0.69
p__Proteobacteria	0.60 %	0.60	0.77	0.54	0.64	0.88	0.62
PD_WT		0.64	0.47	0.56	0.85	0.62	0.64
Chao1		0.40	0.03	0.12	0.76	0.44	0.34
Observed_species		0.53	0.23	0.36	0.78	0.53	0.41
Shannon		0.77	0.77	0.76	0.88	0.80	0.69
Unweighted.PCoA1		0.90	0.88	0.91	0.97	0.91	0.92
Unweighted.PCoA2		0.65	0.46	0.58	0.88	0.78	0.64
Unweighted.PCoA3		0.79	0.78	0.64	0.94	0.93	0.80
Weighted.PCoA1		0.80	0.83	0.86	0.61	0.80	0.79
Weighted.PCoA2		0.93	0.95	0.97	0.96	0.96	0.97
Weighted.PCoA3		0.85	0.91	0.82	0.90	0.86	0.87
Unweighted UniFrac		0.70	0.71	0.70	0.76	0.76	0.71
Weighted UniFrac		0.78	0.86	0.87	0.75	0.86	0.80

^aMedian of the relative abundance across all subjects

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