Lactococcus lactis D4 Restores Gut Microbiota Balance in Azoxymethane and Dextran Sulfate Sodium-induced Colorectal Cancer Rat Model by Rini Suswita, Muhammad Iqbal Rivai, Muhammad Iqbal, Irwan Irwan, Avit Suchitra

“…Gut microbiota profile was analyzed using next generation sequencing (NGS), and microbial community dynamics were assessed through alpha and beta diversity metrics. RESULTS: L. lactis D4 restored gut microbiota balance by regulating Firmicutes/Bacteroidota ratio, and changing the microbiota composition by increasing the number of bacteria from the phylum Actinobacteria and decreasing bacteria from the phylum Bacteroidota and Proteobacteria. …”
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Metagenomic characterization of the tracheobronchial microbiome in lung cancer by Alexis Bailey, Stephanie Hogue, Christine M. Pierce, Shirlene Paul, Natalie La Fuente, Ram Thapa, Youngchul Kim, Lary A. Robinson

“…PERMANOVA was used to compare beta diversity.ResultsNo clear differences were found in the microbial community structure of case and control gargles, but beta diversity of case and control lavages significantly differed. …”
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Characterization of the Blood Bacterial Microbiota in Lowland Tapirs (<i>Tapirus terrestris</i>), a Vulnerable Species in Brazil by Anna Claudia Baumel Mongruel, Emília Patrícia Medici, Rosangela Zacarias Machado, Keith Clay, Marcos Rogério André

“…Alpha diversity significantly differed by condition, while beta diversity differed by condition, site, and age (adults vs. sub-adults). …”
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Human Milk Archaea Associated with Neonatal Gut Colonization and Its Co-Occurrence with Bacteria by Maricarmen Salas-López, Juan Manuel Vélez-Ixta, Diana Laura Rojas-Guerrero, Alberto Piña-Escobedo, José Manuel Hernández-Hernández, Martín Noé Rangel-Calvillo, Claudia Pérez-Cruz, Karina Corona-Cervantes, Carmen Josefina Juárez-Castelán, Jaime García-Mena

“…According to relative abundance proportions, beta diversity, and co-occurrence analyses, the similarities found imply that there is vertical transmission of archaea through breastfeeding. …”
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The efficacy of acoustic indices for monitoring abundance and diversity in soil soundscapes by O.C. Metcalf, C.A. Nunes, C. Abrahams, F.B. Baccaro, T. Bradfer-Lawrence, A.C. Lees, E.M. Vale, J. Barlow

“…Additionally, acoustic indices were poor predictors of gamma diversity, especially when gamma was driven solely by beta diversity. Overall, we found that acoustic indices were good predictors of acoustic abundance, but should be used with caution for other diversity metrics.…”
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Effects of low-density development on stream biota: Evidence for biotic homogenization from an assemblage perspective by Kelsey J. Solomon, Jeremy C. Sullivan, Edward P. Gardiner, Mark C. Scott, Rebecca J. Bixby, Seth J. Wenger, C. Rhett Jackson, Catherine M. Pringle

“…., diatoms: Meridion alansmithii Brant; fishes: Mottled Sculpin [Cottus bairdi]). Diatom beta diversity within developing reaches was lower compared to forested reaches, and lower in 2005 and 2010 compared to 2000. …”
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Aggregate Size Mediated the Changes in Soil Microbial Communities After the Afforestation of a Former Dryland in Northwestern China by Deming Zhang, Ling Bai, Wei Wang, Yanhe Wang, Tiankun Chen, Quan Yang, Haowen Chen, Shuning Kang, Yongan Zhu, Xiang Liu

“…Bray–Curtis dissimilarity indices showed that afforestation altered bacterial beta diversity within the LM and MI but had a minimal impact on fungal beta diversity across all three aggregate fractions. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiota in Humans Living with and Without Companion Animals by Kyung-Hyo Do, Jiwon Park, Nahee Kim, Dahye Ryu, Min-Gyu Kim, Hyunjung Ahn, Hakhyun Kim, Jun-Gi Hwang, Min-Kyu Park, Kwang-Won Seo, Wan-Kyu Lee

“…There were significant differences in beta diversity across the groups (<i>p</i>-value = 0.001). …”
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Gut and oral microbial compositional differences in women with breast cancer, women with ductal carcinoma in situ, and healthy women by Emma McCune, Anukriti Sharma, Breanna Johnson, Tess O'Meara, Sarah Theiner, Maribel Campos, Diane Heditsian, Susie Brain, Jack A. Gilbert, Laura Esserman, Michael J. Campbell

“…In contrast to the gut microbiomes, there were no significant differences in alpha or beta diversity in the oral microbiomes, and very few differentially abundant taxa were observed. …”
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Defining the bacterial microbiome of ticks in Chongwe and Chisamba Districts of Zambia by Malala Mulavu, Cynthia Sipho Khumalo, Lavel Moonga, Kyoko Hayashida, Benjamin Mubemba, Katendi Changula, Edgar Simulundu, Walter Muleya, Simbarashe Chitanga

“…Further analysis showed significant differences in microbiome composition based on Rickettsia detection status (p=0.001) and location (p=0.001), based on the alpha diversity Shannon index, Bray Curtis beta diversity and PERMANOVA, whilst differences according to life stage, tick species and genus was only shown based on the Bray Curtis beta diversity and PERMANOVA analysis. …”
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Characterization of middle ear microbiome in otitis media with effusion in Hungarian children: Alloiococcus otitidis may potentially hamper the microbial diversity by Szilvia Fekete, János Juhász, Nóra Makra, Zsuzsanna A. Dunai, Katalin Kristóf, Eszter Ostorházi, László Tamas, Dóra Szabó, Nóra Kecskeméti, Gábor Polony

“…Age, previous antibiotic treatment, parental smoking, duration of symptoms, existence of siblings, did not alter the significantly bacterial composition of MEF samples and there were no significant differences in regard to alpha or beta diversity. Conclusion: The conventional culture technique and 16S rRNA results were not congruent. …”
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Investigation of gut microbiota in pediatric patients with peanut allergy in outpatient settings by Shouming Li, Jingyi Huang, Yunyun Xie, Di Wang, Xin Tan, Yufan Wang

“…The PA group exhibited reduced alpha diversity, indicated by lower sob, ace, and chao indices (FDR ≤ 0.05), and a significantly lower Shannon index (FDR ≤ 0.01). Beta diversity analysis revealed distinct microbial community structures between the two groups. …”
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Biodiversity and Abundance of Angiosperms and Environmental Resilience in the Tidal Range of Yuanjiang Dry–Hot Valley, Southwestern China by Fengchun Yang, Qiong He, Huaping Huang, Yanmei Cui, Jianyong Gou, Chaya Sarathchandra, Kritana Prueksakorn, Kiyota Hashimoto, Li Liu

“…To achieve this, transects and plots were arranged along the river channel. Alpha and beta diversity indices were calculated to quantify biodiversity changes between species and environments. …”
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Bedrock modulates the elevational patterns of soil microbial communities by Xianjin He, Ruiqi Wang, Daniel S. Goll, Laurent Augusto, Naoise Nunan, M.D. Farnon Ellwood, Quanzhou Gao, Junlong Huang, Shenhua Qian, Yonghua Zhang, Zufei Shu, Buhang Li, Chengjin Chu

“…Bedrock and elevation strongly influenced microbial beta-diversity, with beta-diversity on granite driven primarily by soil total phosphorus and moisture, and on slate by soil organic carbon and pH. …”
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Changes in social environment impact primate gut microbiota composition by Colleen S. Pearce, Danielle Bukovsky, Katya Douchant, Abhay Katoch, Jill Greenlaw, Daniel J. Gale, Joseph Y. Nashed, Don Brien, Valerie A. Kuhlmeier, Mark A. Sabbagh, Gunnar Blohm, Fernanda G. De Felice, Martin Pare, Douglas J. Cook, Stephen H. Scott, Douglas P. Munoz, Calvin P. Sjaarda, Anita Tusche, Prameet M. Sheth, Andrew Winterborn, Susan Boehnke, Jason P. Gallivan

“…We found that the early dietary adjustments led to GM changes in both alpha and beta diversity, whereas changes in social living conditions only altered beta diversity. …”
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Should the Faecal Microbiota Composition Be Determined to Certify a Faecal Donor? by Celia Morales, Luna Ballestero, Patricia del Río, Raquel Barbero-Herranz, Leticia Olavarrieta, Leticia Gómez-Artíguez, Javier Galeano, José Avendaño-Ortiz, Juan Basterra, Rosa del Campo

“…Alpha (Chao1 and Shannon indices) and beta diversity (Bray–Curtis) were performed using the bioinformatic web server Microbiome Analyst. …”
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Gut metagenomic features of frailty by Zharkyn Jarmukhanov, Nurislam Mukhanbetzhanov, Elizaveta Vinogradova, Samat Kozhakhmetov, Almagul Kushugulova

“…Microbial diversity decreased significantly with increasing frailty. Beta diversity analysis revealed distinct clustering patterns based at phylum level. …”
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Differential Circulating Fungal Microbiome in Prostate Cancer Patients Compared to Healthy Control Individuals by Xu Wang, Zejun Zhou, David Turner, Michael Lilly, Tongwen Ou, Wei Jiang

“…The fungal community in the plasma exhibited differences between individuals with PCa and healthy controls according to the beta diversity; there was no difference in the alpha diversity. …”
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Compositional data analysis enables statistical rigor in comparative glycomics by Alexander R. Bennett, Jon Lundstrøm, Sayantani Chatterjee, Morten Thaysen-Andersen, Daniel Bojar

“…Additionally, we present specialized analysis modalities: alpha- and beta-diversity analyze glycan distributions within and between samples, while cross-class glycan correlations shed light on previously undetected interdependencies. …”
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Benchmarking of a time-saving and scalable protocol for the extraction of DNA from diverse viromes by Michael Shamash, Saniya Kapoor, Corinne F. Maurice

“…Most viral operational taxonomic units (vOTUs) were common to both methods, with only a small percentage unique to either approach. Alpha- and beta-diversity analyses showed no significant impact of the extraction method on virome composition, confirming the kit’s efficacy and versatility on sample types beyond those officially supported by the manufacturer. …”
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