Odds Ratio Snapshots: Histamine or Mast Cell issues

This is a literal dumping of the results of processing all viable symptoms from the donated, self-annotated Biomesight samples. The methodology of getting the data is described in New Standards for Microbiome Analysis?. I am de-cluttering the tables using:

  • Only Genus and Species results
  • Only the top 20 items in each group.
  • Only items with at least P < 0.01 are shown

It is just the data with suggestions on how to use the data at the bottom.

Averages and Medians

I prefer medians over averages. Medians are the values where half of the people have less and half has more. If the data was a bell-curve, then the values will almost be the same… with bacteria that happens rarely.

If symptom median is higher than reference median, it means there is more of this bacteria.If lower, then less. This ignores how often the bacteria is seen.

tax_nameRankSymptom AvarageReference AverageSymptom MedianReference Median
Bacteroidesgenus27.95625.65326.98623.764
Phocaeicola vulgatusspecies6.2815.7214.1073.333
Bacteroides uniformisspecies3.0142.6761.9171.498
Coprococcusgenus1.3561.4490.6140.744
Pedobactergenus1.090.9940.620.549
Bifidobacteriumgenus0.7270.9740.0710.139
Bacteroides thetaiotaomicronspecies1.111.0560.5130.453
Bacteroides rodentiumspecies0.4280.3830.2220.177
Bilophila wadsworthiaspecies0.3590.3360.2320.196
Bilophilagenus0.3680.3440.240.206
Bacteroides cellulosilyticusspecies0.8940.8350.1070.073
Insolitispirillumgenus0.8790.8720.1260.098
Insolitispirillum peregrinumspecies0.8790.8720.1260.098
Novispirillumgenus0.8790.8720.1230.097
Ruminococcus bromiispecies0.7910.7820.1890.164
Hathewaya histolyticaspecies0.2940.2750.1720.154
Hathewayagenus0.2940.2750.1720.154
Bifidobacterium longumspecies0.2580.3370.0350.051
Bacteroides stercorisspecies1.7161.5410.0220.038
Sutterella wadsworthensisspecies0.6870.670.0450.061

Bacteria Incidence – How often is it reported

The common sense belief is that if a bacteria is reported more often, then the amount should be higher. This is often not true. The microbiome is a complex thing. Look at Methanobrevibacter below, it is seen almost half as often with this condition. Bacteria like Desulfomonile are items to reduce, it is occurring too often.

tax_nameRankIncidence Odds RatioChi2Symptoms %Reference %
Shewanella upeneispecies1.461335.824.4
Methanobrevibactergenus0.6110.413.822.4
Methanobrevibacter smithiispecies0.6210.113.521.9
Slackia isoflavoniconvertensspecies0.62912.720.4
Prosthecobactergenus1.6812.91710.1
Bifidobacterium cuniculispecies0.667.112.719.4
Desulfomonile tiedjeispecies1.457.820.213.9
Desulfomonilegenus1.447.620.214

More or Less often based on Symptom Median All Incidence

This is a little more complex to understand. If we compute the mid point for people with the symptom, then if the bacteria was not involved then half of the reference should be above this value and half below this value. If not, it means that the symptom tends to over or under growth. Look at Isoalcanivorax below, almost 80% of the reference set has less than the median (and the symptom only has 50%); this implies that Isoalcanivorax is prone to overgrowth (“bumper harvest”) with the symptom.

Note: Many of these are rarely reported bacteria, but they are reported sufficiently to compute significance. Below, we restrict to common bacteria only.

tax_nameRankSymptom MedianOdds RatioChi2BelowAbove
Bilophilagenus0.30950.5530.321471184
Bilophila wadsworthiaspecies0.29050.5824.820961222
Bacteroidesgenus29.3020.6220.223181428
Ruminococcus callidusspecies0.0031.6319.18171331
Bifidobacteriumgenus0.0551.5717.314332245
Caloramator uzoniensisspecies0.0050.6316.81224772
Oribacteriumgenus0.0491.5616.613152045
Phocaeicolagenus11.37350.6515.922681476
Peptoniphilus methioninivoraxspecies0.0050.6515.815901027
Bacteroides fluxusspecies0.0150.6515.718751218
Acidaminococcusgenus0.0290.6515.117031112
Limnobactergenus0.020.6515.116781096
Turicibactergenus0.0051.5415.19611476
Limnobacter litoralisspecies0.020.651516761096
Oribacterium sinusspecies0.0491.5214.913282018
Acidaminococcus fermentansspecies0.0280.6713.214991004
Luteibacter anthropispecies0.00751.513.18201230
Candidatus Amoebophilus asiaticusspecies0.0130.6812.820641402
Candidatus Amoebophilusgenus0.0130.6812.820641402
Shewanellagenus0.0070.6712.71421957

More or Less often based on Reference Median All Incidence

This is like the above, but with a different line in the sand. Instead of the median of those with the condition, we use the median of the reference set.

tax_nameRankReference MedianOdds RatioChi2BelowAbove
Deferribactergenus0.0020.136.3505
Deferribacter autotrophicusspecies0.0020.135.4495
Sutterella stercoricanisspecies0.0050.4133.314359
Helicobactergenus0.0020.3532.410838
Lentibacillus salinarumspecies0.0020.1932.45911
Lentibacillusgenus0.0020.1932.45911
Helicobacter suncusspecies0.0020.3330.69230
Isoalcanivoraxgenus0.0020.1427.6436
Isoalcanivorax indicusspecies0.0020.1427.6436
Bilophilagenus0.2031.8927.4108204
Viridibacillus neideispecies0.0020.2227.15512
Alcanivoraxgenus0.0020.1626.5447
Bilophila wadsworthiaspecies0.19251.8626.3109203
Devosiagenus0.0020.4126.211045
Niabellagenus0.0020.2826.16518
Bacteroidesgenus23.90551.7825.6129229
Coraliomargarita akajimensisspecies0.0020.3225.67524
Coraliomargaritagenus0.0020.3225.67524
Actinopolysporagenus0.0020.2425.55513
Niabella aurantiacaspecies0.0020.27256016

More or Less often based on Symptom Median High Incidence

Above we see that many of the top bacteria identified are sparse, that is not reported often. We then restrict them to those that occur above 50% or the time. For example, Bilophila is more often high than with the reference.

tax_nameRankSymptom Median FreqOdds RatioChi2BelowAbove
Bilophilagenus0.30950.5530.321471184
Bilophila wadsworthiaspecies0.29050.5824.820961222
Bacteroidesgenus29.3020.6220.223181428
Ruminococcus callidusspecies0.0031.6319.18171331
Bifidobacteriumgenus0.0551.5717.314332245
Caloramator uzoniensisspecies0.0050.6316.81224772
Oribacteriumgenus0.0491.5616.613152045
Phocaeicolagenus11.37350.6515.922681476
Peptoniphilus methioninivoraxspecies0.0050.6515.815901027
Bacteroides fluxusspecies0.0150.6515.718751218
Acidaminococcusgenus0.0290.6515.117031112
Limnobactergenus0.020.6515.116781096
Turicibactergenus0.0051.5415.19611476
Limnobacter litoralisspecies0.020.651516761096
Oribacterium sinusspecies0.0491.5214.913282018
Acidaminococcus fermentansspecies0.0280.6713.214991004
Luteibacter anthropispecies0.00751.513.18201230
Candidatus Amoebophilus asiaticusspecies0.0130.6812.820641402
Candidatus Amoebophilusgenus0.0130.6812.820641402
Shewanellagenus0.0070.6712.71421957

More or Less often based on Reference Median High Incidence

Above we see that many of the top bacteria identified are sparse, that is not reported often. We then restrict them to those that occur above 50% or the time.

tax_nameRankReference Median FreqOdds RatioChi2BelowAbove
Sutterella stercoricanisspecies0.0050.4133.314359
Bilophilagenus0.2031.8927.4108204
Bilophila wadsworthiaspecies0.19251.8626.3109203
Bacteroidesgenus23.90551.7825.6129229
Bacteroides rodentiumspecies0.1791.7524.2130227
Tetragenococcus doogicusspecies0.0030.5318.913571
Dethiosulfovibriogenus0.0040.5518.615586
Ruminococcus callidusspecies0.0080.5218.412766
Bifidobacteriumgenus0.1320.6217.2216135
Bacteroides uniformisspecies1.5241.5916.9138219
Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorumspecies0.0060.5916.9171101
Clostridium taeniosporumspecies0.0030.5516.613776
Coprococcusgenus0.7470.6316.4219139
Phocaeicolagenus9.1941.5414.8141217
Clostridium akagiispecies0.0030.5714.512772
Bacteroides gallinarumspecies0.0030.571412269
Tetragenococcusgenus0.0030.5913.213278
Bifidobacterium adolescentisspecies0.0130.6312.7163103
Luteibacter anthropispecies0.0160.5912.312272
Coprococcus eutactusspecies0.010.6212.214993

Summary

Above, we have identified a ton of bacteria that have P < 0.01 shifts with this condition. The next issue is how to adjust them. A deep modification model such as that illustrated on the Microbiome Taxa R2 Site may be used for probiotics. Once probiotics are suggested, then more conventional US National Library of Medicine based suggestion could be done base on the probiotics selected. Most of the bacteria above lack any literature on how to modify.

This is pending work because I must create a database using Biomesight samples. The above site used data shared from PrecisionBiome. We cannot safely mix data from different sample processing methods (see The taxonomy nightmare before Christmas… ). Once that database is built, I will add its probiotics suggestions below.

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