Taxonomical composition

1 How did the taxonomical composition evolve over time?

Figure 1: Seasonal evolution of prokaryotic microbiome composition.
Figure 2: Seasonal evolution of eukaryotic microbiome composition.

2 Were there local differences in taxonomical composition?

Figure 3: Prokaryotic microbiome composition for each monitored location.
Figure 4: Eukaryotes microbiome composition for each monitored location.

3 How does rarity based abundance change over time?

We pick up again the concept of rarity previously exposed in Amplicon Sequence Variants.

Figure 5: Prokaryotic composition based on encounter rate.
Figure 6: Eukaryotic composition based on encounter rate.

4 How does taxonomic composition change based on rarity?

4.1 How did rarity based taxonomical composition change over time?

5 Did we find bacteria of human origin (BHO)?

Yes! Bacterial species first isolated from the human gastrointestinal track or other bodily fluids are considered of human origin. The most well-known of which is Escherichia coli, although there are many more species of bacteria living inside our bodies.

Table 1: Present bacteria of human origin.
Species Reference
Alistipes indistinctus Nagai et al. (2010)
Alistipes onderdonkii Sakamoto et al. (2020)
Alistipes timonensis Lagier et al. (2012)
Bacteroides dorei Bakir et al. (2006)
Bacteroides vulgatus Eggerth and Gagnon (1933)
Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Cato and Johnson (1976)
Bacteroides stercoris Johnson, Moore, and Moore (1986)
Bacteroides plebeius Kitahara et al. (2005)
Bacteroides coprocola Kitahara et al. (2005)
Bacteroides eggerthii Holdeman and Moore (1974)
Butyricicoccus faecihominis Takada et al. (2016)
Coprobacter fastidiosus Shkoporov et al. (2013)
Escherichia-Shigella coli Devanga Ragupathi et al. (2018)
Intestinimonas timonensis Durand et al. (2017)
Intestinimonas butyriciproducens Kläring et al. (2013)
Parabacteroides merdae Sakamoto and Benno (2006)
Porphyromonas asaccharolytica Shan and Collins (1988)
Prevotella bivia Shan and Collins (1990)
Prevotella disiens Shan and Collins (1990)
Prevotella buccalis Shan and Collins (1990)
Prevotella amnii Lawson, Moore, and Falsen (2008)

5.1 Where were BHO detected? When?

Figure 7: Number of BHOs detected in each sample.

5.2 Are there compositional differences between samples based on the presence of BHO?

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