Annual cycle variations in the gut microbiota of migratory black-necked cranes by Yujia Zhang, Ruifeng Ma, Suolangduoerji, Shujuan Ma, Shujuan Ma, Akebota Nuertai, Ke He, Hongyi Liu, Ying Zhu

“…However, the annual dynamics of gut microbiota in migratory birds remain unclear, hindering our understanding of their environmental adaptation.MethodsHere, we collected fecal samples from black-necked cranes (Grus nigricollis) across four seasons at their breeding grounds and used wintering ground data from databases to characterize their gut microbial compositions throughout the year.Results and discussionThe results showed that the gut microbiota was clustered by season (Bray-Curtis: R2 = 0.348, p < 0.001; UniFrac: R2 = 0.352, p < 0.001). And the summer samples exhibited higher alpha (Simpson and Shannon), beta diversity (Bray-Curtis and UniFrac) and more diverse functions in gut microbiota compared to other seasons. …”
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Best practices for the experimental design of one health studies on companion animal and owner microbiomes – From data collection to analysis by Suzanne B. Clougher, Dagmara Niedziela, Piera Versura, Grace Mulcahy

“…We review and compare three beta-diversity measures (Bray-Curtis dissimilarity, unweighted, and weighted UniFrac distances) for pet-owner distances and the tests to compare them. …”
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Microbiome analysis in individuals with human papillomavirus oral infection by David Israel Escobar Marcillo, Grete Francesca Privitera, Francesca Rollo, Alessandra Latini, Eugenia Giuliani, Maria Benevolo, Massimo Giuliani, Barbara Pichi, Raul Pellini, Maria Gabriella Donà

“…Significant differences in alpha (Chao-1 and Shannon indices) and beta diversity (unweighted UniFrac distance) were observed between hrHPV+ and HPV-negative subjects, but only for the HIV− individuals. …”
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Characterization of Microbiota in Endometrial Fluid and Vaginal Secretions in Infertile Women with Repeated Implantation Failure by Kotaro Kitaya, Yoko Nagai, Wataru Arai, Yoshiyuki Sakuraba, Tomomoto Ishikawa

“…The EF microbiota had higher α-diversity and broader bacterial species than the VS microbiota both in the RIF and control groups. The analysis of the UniFrac distance matrices between EF and VS also revealed significantly different clustering. …”
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Analysis of Bacterial Diversity in Different Heavy Oil Wells of a Reservoir in South Oman with Alkaline pH by Biji Shibulal, Saif N. Al-Bahry, Yahya M. Al-Wahaibi, Abdulkadir E. Elshafie, Ali S. Al-Bemani, Sanket J. Joshi

“…Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA) and UPGMA dendrogram clustered the 10 soil samples into four main groups. Weighted UniFrac significance test determined that there was significant difference in the communities present in soil samples examined. …”
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Helicobacter pylori CagA+ strains modulate colorectal pathology by regulating intestinal flora by Shasha Cui, Xinqiang Liu, Fengxia Han, Lu Zhang, Jingjing Bu, Sainan Wu, Jiafen Wang

“…In β-diversity, gut microbiota in control and HP CagA+ groups showed the significant distance based on UniFrac distance. Cag group was enriched a higher abundance of Staphylococcus and Corynebacterium, while control subjects were enriched in Marinifilaceae and Odoribacter. …”
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Strawberry dietary intervention influences diversity and increases abundances of SCFA-producing bacteria in healthy elderly people by Franziska Meiners, Bernd Kreikemeyer, Patrick Newels, Ingmar Zude, Michael Walter, Alexander Hartmann, Daniel Palmer, Georg Fuellen, Israel Barrantes

“…Beta diversity, based on weighted UniFrac distances, increased significantly (P = 0.0035), potentially pathogenic bacteria decreased (P = 0.04), and abundances of SCFA-producing genera Faecalibacterium and Prevotella increased significantly. …”
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The prebiotic potential of dietary onion extracts: shaping gut microbial structures and promoting beneficial metabolites by Yebeen Yoo, Seongok Kim, WonJune Lee, Jinwoo Kim, Bokyung Son, Kwang Jun Lee, Hakdong Shin

“…However, significant structural differences in bacterial communities were observed based on weighted UniFrac distance. Notably, short-chain fatty acid (SCFA)-producing bacteria, such as Bifidobacterium_388775, Feacalibacterium, and Fusicatenibacter, were overrepresented in response to onion extracts in enterotype B. …”
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Association of Corticosteroid Inhaler Type with Saliva Microbiome in Moderate-to-Severe Pediatric Asthma by Amir Hossein Alizadeh Bahmani, Mahmoud I. Abdel-Aziz, Simone Hashimoto, Corinna Bang, Susanne Brandstetter, Paula Corcuera-Elosegui, Andre Franke, Mario Gorenjak, Susanne Harner, Parastoo Kheiroddin, Leyre López-Fernández, Anne H. Neerincx, Maria Pino-Yanes, Uroš Potočnik, Olaia Sardón-Prado, Antoaneta A. Toncheva, Christine Wolff, Michael Kabesch, Aletta D. Kraneveld, Susanne J. H. Vijverberg, Anke H. Maitland-van der Zee, on behalf of the SysPharmPediA consortium

“…However, β-diversity analysis revealed significant differences between groups using both Bray–Curtis and weighted UniFrac methods (adjusted <i>p</i>-value = 0.015 and 0.044, respectively). …”
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