On the robustness of inference of association with the gut microbiota in stool, swab and mucosal tissue samples
S. Sun, X. Zhu, X. Huang, H. J. Murff, R. M. Ness, D. L. Seidner, A. Sorgen, I. Blakley, C. Yu, Q. Dai, M. A. Azcarate-Peril, M. J. Shrubsole, A. A. Fodor
This study compares the robustness of microbiota association inference using stool, swab, and mucosal tissue samples in a larger cohort, finding that mucosal samples yield less consistent results than stool or swab.
bioRxiv · Feb 4, 2021Microbiology