Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Subjects and Samples

Group	Study ID	Sex	Age, yr	Disease	Total valid reads	OTUs count (normalization at 25,592 reads)
Control	CNC03	M	54	Normal	27,394	646
	CNC11	F	53	Normal	48,617	584
	FMT04	M	20	Normal	107,670	833
	FMT07	M	57	Normal	75,414	457
	FMT09	M	46	Normal	76,712	271
	FMT11	M	45	Normal	66,871	756
	FMT14	M	43	Normal	49,952	272
	FMT17	F	57	Normal	53,404	393
	FMT20	F	40	Normal	50,668	126
	FMT23	F	38	Normal	82,479	333
	FMT26	M	40	Normal	57,878	215
	FMT29	M	47	Normal	85,164	947
IBS	IBS25	M	40	IBS-D	29,733	568
	IBS90	M	51	IBS-D	140,628	610
	IBS100	F	55	IBS-D	59,812	438
	IBS101	F	73	IBS-D	48,611	567
	IBS102	M	60	IBS-D	85,835	510
	IBS103	M	36	IBS-D	71,490	564
	IBS105	M	60	IBS-D	25,592	454

OTU, operational taxonomic unit; M, male; F, female; IBS, irritable bowel syndrome; IBS-D, IBS with diarrhea.