10.1371/journal.pone.0153746.g001
Jun Shimizu
Jun
Shimizu
Takao Kubota
Takao
Kubota
Erika Takada
Erika
Takada
Kenji Takai
Kenji
Takai
Naruyoshi Fujiwara
Naruyoshi
Fujiwara
Nagisa Arimitsu
Nagisa
Arimitsu
Yuji Ueda
Yuji
Ueda
Sueshige Wakisaka
Sueshige
Wakisaka
Tomoko Suzuki
Tomoko
Suzuki
Noboru Suzuki
Noboru
Suzuki
Direct comparison of bacterial taxonomic abundance between BD patients and normal individuals.
Public Library of Science
2016
individual
RNA
effect sizes
Fecal sIgA concentrations
BD patients
OTU
2016-04-22 06:20:46
Figure
https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/Direct_comparison_of_bacterial_taxonomic_abundance_between_BD_patients_and_normal_individuals_/3197632
<p>We compared directly the relative abundance (expressed as parts per unit) between BD patients (BD) and normal individuals (NI). We conducted Wilcoxon rank sum test for the differences in every taxon, followed by Tukey’s honestly significant difference (HSD) test. We considered that bacterial taxa increased or decreased significantly in patients with BD as compared with those in normal individuals by fulfilling the following criteria simultaneously; #1: bacterial taxa showing significant differences by the Wilcoxon rank sum test, and #2: bacterial taxa showing positive Tukey’s HSD values. We found that there were significant differences in 11 bacterial taxa (also shown in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0153746#pone.0153746.g002" target="_blank">Fig 2</a> with asterisks). “p__”, “c__”, “o__”, “f__” and “g__” indicate phylum, class, order, family and genus, respectively. Relative abundance of bacterial taxa in BD patients and normal individuals were displayed with dot plots. A box-plot and a mean level (green line) of each group of BD patients and normal individuals were indicated.</p>