Figure 8. PICRUSt metagenome prediction suggests higher abundance of genes in the “Sporulation” KEGG pathway in cooked meals.

Metagenome prediction with PICRUSt reveals functional categories that differ significantly between the cooked and raw meal types. The abundance of genes annotated in the “Sporulation” pathway are significantly higher in the cooked meals (p = 0.039). Due to the exploratory nature of this data set corrections for multiple testing were not applied.