Table 1.

Results of Random Forest classification and k-mer association

Characteristic	Random Forest	K-mer association with Pyseer
	OOB error rate	No. of k-mers	Lowest LRT p-value
MVS severity scale	70.1%	0	NA
De Wit severity scale	65.1%	17	0.015
Abdominal cramps	52.7%	0	NA
Abdominal pain	40.8%	0	NA
Blood in stool	41.2%	0	NA
Diarrhea	51.6%	156	0.313
Fever	47.7%	0	NA
Headache	46.6%	0	NA
Mucus in stool	43.3%	0	NA
Nausea	53.1%	0	NA
Vomiting	51.6%	0	NA
Genus	15.9%	3,036,507	1.94E-153