Table 3. A KEGG pathway analysis of genes predicted to affect host colonization revealed that the LPS synthesis pathway is significant in determining bacterial abundance in the fly gut.
KO | Pathway | Top Hits | All | p-value | fdr |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ko00540 | Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis | 9 | 24 | 0.0005 | 0.05 |
ko00270 | Cysteine and methionine metabolism | 7 | 44 | 0.0350 | 0.89 |
ko00480 | Glutathione metabolism | 4 | 16 | 0.0355 | 0.89 |
ko01501 | beta-Lactam resistance | 4 | 21 | 0.0600 | 0.89 |
ko03020 | RNA polymerase | 2 | 5 | 0.0645 | 0.89 |
ko00240 | Pyrimidine metabolism | 8 | 61 | 0.0725 | 0.89 |
ko00450 | Selenocompound metabolism | 3 | 14 | 0.0780 | 0.89 |
The top hits from the MGWA were grouped into functional pathways and compared by chi-square test to the number of all genes in that pathway from the study. The returned p-value and fdr corrected p-value are listed.