Table 1. Comparison of results from two group comparison.

	T-testp-value	Wilcoxonp-value	Two-partp-value
CF study
Veillonella dispar	0.50*	0.07**	0.02***
Granulicatella adiacens	0.74*	0.04***	0.05***
Streptococcus sanguis	0.37*	0.96**	0.75***
Cenote study
Desulfobacca	<0.01***	0.01***	0.03**
Chlorobium	0.27**	0.44**	<0.01***
Dehalogenimonas	<0.01**	0.22**	0.08***

*Distribution for taxa includes an outlier which results in incorrect inferences.

**Assumptions of the test are not optimal given the distribution of the taxa (i.e., skewness, large proportion of zeros or power).

***Most optimal approach, given the distribution of the taxa.