Table 4.

Indicator species analysis comparing EHEC O157:H7 shedder (S) and non-shedder (NS) groups.

EHEC O157:H7	Phylum	Family	Genus	Corr.	P-value
statusa				index
S	Firmicutes	Family_XIII	Family_XIII_UCG-001	0.488	0.001
S	Actinobacteria	Eggerthellaceae	Slackia	0.318	0.024
S	Epsilonproteobacteria	Campylobacteraceae	Campylobacter	0.327	0.024
S	Firmicutes	Lachnospiraceae	Lachnospiraceae_UCG-010	0.301	0.049
S	Firmicutes	Ruminococcaceae	Ruminococcaceae_NK4A214_group	0.324	0.035
S	Firmicutes	Lachnospiraceae	Lachnospiraceae_GCA-900066575	0.301	0.024
NS	Planctomycetes	Pirellulaceae	Pirellulaceae-1088-a5_gut_group	0.326	0.034
NS	Firmicutes	Veillonellaceae	Anaerovibrio	0.323	0.034
NS	Lentisphaerae	Victivallaceae	Victivallis	0.259	0.012
NS	Firmicutes	Lachnospiraceae	Sellimonas	0.296	0.036

^aS, EHEC O157:H7 shedder; NS, EHEC O157:H7 non-shedder.