TABLE 2.
Fungal ASVs identified to be among the top 25 most important taxa contributing to determining the age of a sample according to the bacterial and fungal organisms present in the CHILD Cohort Studya
| Fungal ASV taxonomy | Prevalence (%) | Rank of importance for age prediction |
|---|---|---|
| ASV1: k__Fungi;p__Ascomycota;c__Saccharomycetes;o__Saccharomycetales;f__Saccharomycetaceae;g__Saccharomyces;s__cerevisiae | 76 | 1 |
| ASV 49: k__Fungi;p__Ascomycota;NA;NA;NA;NA;NA | 28 | 3 |
| ASV 52: k__Fungi;p__Ascomycota;c__Dothideomycetes;o__Capnodiales;f__Cladosporiaceae;g__Cladosporium;s__delicatulum | 24 | 4 |
| ASV 37: k__Fungi;NA;NA;NA;NA;NA;NA | 32 | 5 |
| ASV 27: k__Fungi;p__Ascomycota;NA;NA;NA;NA;NA | 23 | 9 |
| ASV 7: k__Fungi;p__Ascomycota;NA;NA;NA;NA;NA | 28 | 15 |
| ASV 14: k__Fungi;p__Ascomycota;NA;NA;NA;NA;NA | 10 | 22 |
| ASV 6: k__Fungi;p__Ascomycota;c__Saccharomycetes;o__Saccharomycetales;f__Saccharomycetales_fam_Incertae_sedis;g__Candida;s__albicans | 23 | 23 |
| ASV 3: k__Fungi;p__Ascomycota;c__Saccharomycetes;o__Saccharomycetales;f__Saccharomycetales_fam_Incertae_sedis;g__Candida;s__parapsilosis | 55 | 25 |
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Prevalence of each ASV among samples included in the final fungal ASV table used in the present study (filtered to remove low-abundance taxa and samples with fewer than 1,000 reads) is also indicated (n = 389 samples).