TABLE 3.
Pairwise correlations among bacterial ASVs detected by SparCC (|R| > 0.4; P < 0.05) in culture-dependent (CD) and -independent (CI)a microbiome data at each time point
| Correlations, pairs | d20 | d61 | d116 | d174 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI,a swine gut (|R| > 0.4; P < 0.05) | 8,521 | 4,676 | 6,448 | 6,670 |
| Positive (R > 0.4) | 4,658 | 2,236 | 3,438 | 3,510 |
| Negative (R < −0.4) | 3,863 | 2,440 | 3,010 | 3,160 |
| CD, culturomics (|R| > 0.4; P < 0.05) | 125 | 217 | 284 | 437 |
| Positive (R > 0.4) | 123 | 194 | 270 | 396 |
| Negative (R < −0.4) | 2 | 23 | 14 | 41 |
| Shared in CI and CD | 11 | 19 | 33 | 25 |
a
The three pigs used for our primary bacterial culturing (CD) are among the 18 pigs whose gut microbiotas have been extensively characterized in a previous study (5). The cooccurrence network was constructed using the gut microbiota data from the 18 pigs.