A Robust Metatranscriptomic Technology for Population-Scale Studies of Diet, Gut Microbiome, and Human Health

Figure 7

Unsupervised clustering analysis (Kendall’s correlation) of gut microbiome samples collected from seven participants (P15-P21) at three time points two weeks apart (weeks 0, 1, and 2), while not changing the diet. (a) Image shows a high degree of clustering of microbial taxonomy (at the strain level) by person, longitudinally, with high in-group similarity. (b) Image shows a high degree of clustering of microbial functions (KEGG) by person, longitudinally, with high in-group similarity.

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