Table 3.
List of taxa that differ significantly between healthy and tumor samples
| Taxa | Significance | Log2 fold change | Adjusted p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phylum | |||
| Actinobacteria | **** | 2.28 | 1.36e-11 |
| Firmicutes | * | -0.89 | 0.047 |
| Class | |||
| Actinobacteria (Class) | **** | 2.51 | 3.23e-12 |
| Alphaproteobacteria | * | -1.51 | 0.015 |
| Order | |||
| Propionibacteriales | **** | 2.53 | 2.06e-11 |
| Aeromonadales | **** | 26.23 | 1.99e-19 |
| Selenomonadales | **** | 25.6 | 2.17e-18 |
| Family | |||
| Propionibacteriaceae | **** | 2.54 | 7.24e-08 |
| Aeromonadaceae | **** | 25.18 | 4.60e-21 |
| Genus | |||
| Propionibacterium | **** | 2.36 | 3.39e-06 |
| Aeromonas | **** | 26.32 | 1.00e-19 |
| Species | |||
| Variovorax sp. WO3 | **** | 25.13 | 1.28e-18 |
| Moraxella sp. S2 | **** | -25.4 | 1.42e-17 |
| Pseudomonas sp. PS9 (2007) | **** | 25.14 | 4.39e-21 |
|
Propionibacterium sp. Enrichment culture clone MRHull-FeSM-11E |
**** | 27.3 | 2.28e-35 |
| Pseudomonas sp. IMER-A2-21 | **** | 26.39 | 9.32e-22 |
| Pseudomonas brenneri | **** | -25.87 | 4.13e-18 |
| Neisseria elongata | **** | 25.00 | 4.22e-17 |
| Propionibacterium acnes | *** | 1.91 | 0.006 |
The analysis was performed by comparing healthy and tumor samples, consequently if the log2 fold change is positive, the taxon counts are higher in healthy than in tumor samples. Significance level refers to adjusted p-values: * ≤ 0.05, ** ≤ 0.01, *** ≤ 0.001, **** ≤ 0.0001