Comparing Published Gut Microbiome Taxonomic Data Across Multinational Studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nurse researchers are well poised to study the connection of the microbiome to health and disease. Evaluating published microbiome results can assist with study design and hypothesis generation.

Objectives

This article aims to present and define important analysis considerations in microbiome study planning and to identify genera shared across studies despite methodological differences. This methods article will highlight a workflow that the nurse scientist can use to combine and evaluate taxonomy tables for microbiome study or research proposal planning.

Methods

We compiled taxonomy tables from 13 published gut microbiome studies that had used Ion Torrent sequencing technology. We searched for studies that had amplified multiple hypervariable (V) regions o

SUBMITTER: Meeks BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8740627 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Feb 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature