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Table 4 OTUs in the more complex community dataset that displayed differential abundances over the course of 2 weeks of storage at room temperature

From: Latitude in sample handling and storage for infant faecal microbiota studies: the elephant in the room?

 

Mean reads (% of dataset total) at:

    

Significant after a MHC?

OTU

4 h

2 weeks

Exponentiated coefficient

2.5 % CI

97.5 % CI

P value

Bifidobacterium1

6.82

7.25

1.0005

1.0001

1.0010

0.022

No

Enterobacter

0.89

6.44

1.0031

1.0009

1.0053

0.006

No

Bifidobacterium3

2.84

3.96

1.0012

1.0005

1.0018

<0.001

Yes

Bacteroides2

1.32

2.38

1.0013

1.0004

1.0022

0.005

No

Prevotella

2.20

0.14

0.9910

0.9876

0.9945

<0.001

Yes

Subdoligranulum

1.49

0.80

0.9978

0.9964

0.9992

0.002

No

Peptostreptococcaceae1

1.82

0.83

0.9974

0.9962

0.9986

<0.001

Yes

Peptostreptococcaceae2

0.77

1.93

1.0022

1.0012

1.0032

<0.001

Yes

Anaerostipes1

1.66

0.79

0.9987

0.9978

0.9996

0.004

No

Veillonella

1.08

0.55

0.9951

0.9936

0.9966

<0.001

Yes

Ruminococcus

1.12

1.40

1.0008

1.0002

1.0013

0.004

No

Pseudobutyrivibrio

1.38

0.18

0.9957

0.9938

0.9977

<0.001

Yes

  1. The OTUs shown shift significantly in abundance in the more complex faecal community dataset over two weeks of storage at room temperature. Column descriptors as noted for Table 3