Table 2.
Occurrence of immune suppressive motifs in various metagenomes
| Sequence | Number of hits | Base pairs per hit | Relative occurrence (Z-score) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
TCAAGCTTGA |
11 |
844,000 |
(Human Milk) |
1.51 (−1.6) |
| |
344 |
1,077,000 |
(BF Infant) |
1.19 (−0.74) |
| |
124 |
779,000 |
(FF Infant) |
1.64 (−1.84) |
| |
268 |
777,000 |
(Mother) |
1.64 (−1.85) |
| |
2,245 |
1,276,500 |
(Human Genome) |
|
|
TTAGGG |
1,684 |
5,600 |
(Human Milk) |
0.48 (22.54) |
| |
18,118 |
8,200 |
(BF Infant) |
0.33 (42.54) |
| |
16,410 |
15,000 |
(FF Infant) |
0.18 (94.85) |
| |
20,612 |
10,200 |
(Mother) |
0.26 (57.92) |
| 1,082,623 | 2,670 | (Human Genome) | ||
DNA motifs TTAGGG and TCAAGCTTGA were searched for in contigs derived from human milk, breast-fed infants’ feces (BF infant), formula-fed infants’ feces (FF infant) and mothers’ feces. Relative occurrence is in comparison to the human genome.