Table 2.

Differential abundance analysis using DESeq2 between patients with MMD and controls.

Species enriched in patients with MMD	Log2 Fold Change	P value	Adjusted p value
Intestinibacter bartlettii	5.83	0.00014	0.0080
Sellimonas intestinalis	7.98	0.00077	0.022
Ruminococcus gnavus	3.47	0.0025	0.048
Clostridium ramosum	3.81	0.0069	0.098
Bacteroides fragilis	5.14	0.016	0.13
Streptococcus unclassified	0.70	0.17	0.62

Species sparse in patients with MMD	Log2 Fold Change	P value	Adjusted p value
Parabacteroides unclassified	− 3.64	0.011	0.12
Alistipes onderdonkii	− 5.15	0.013	0.12
Bacteroides caccae	− 6.18	0.018	0.13
CZBV_s	− 4.93	0.025	0.16
Bifidobacterium unclassified	− 2.44	0.094	0.53
Roseburia inulinivorans	− 2.76	0.11	0.59

Microbial taxa shown to be associated with MMD in both LEfSe and DESeq2 analyses are shown in bold.