Figure 6.
Increased frequency of species in kwashiorkor and marasmus samples identified by the metagenomics approach. Mean rank values of species representing differences in relative abundance were compared between kwashiorkor and marasmus samples. The red bars represent an increased abundance in patients with kwashiorkor, while the green bars represent an increased abundance in Marasmus. The grey bars represent oxygen tolerant species and the black bars represent obligate anaerobes. Proteobacteria (in orange) and potential pathogenic bacteria (p) were enriched in kwashiorkor but not in marasmus. *p-value ranging from 0.01–0.05 (Mann-Whitney test).