Understanding the mechanisms controlling community diversity, functions, succession, and
biogeography is a central, but poorly understood, topic in ecology, particularly in microbial …

Poor diet, obesity and a sedentary lifestyle have a significant impact on natural microbiota
disorders; specifically, the intestinal one. This in turn can lead to a multitude of organ …

There is increasing interest in the potential contribution of the gut microbiome to autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). However, previous studies have been underpowered and have …

The data output from microbiome research is growing at an accelerating rate, yet mining the
data quickly and efficiently remains difficult. There is still a lack of an effective data structure …

Permutational multivariate analysis of variance (PERMANOVA) is a geometric partitioning of
variation across a multivariate data cloud, defined explicitly in the space of a chosen …

Adult honeybees harbor a specialized gut microbiota of relatively low complexity. While
seasonal differences in community composition have been reported, previous studies have …

Neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), are defined by
core behavioral impairments; however, subsets of individuals display a spectrum of …

Background The analysis of microbial communities through DNA sequencing brings many
challenges: the integration of different types of data with methods from ecology, genetics …

ANOSIM, PERMANOVA, and the Mantel test are all resemblance‐based permutation
methods widely used in ecology. Here, we report the results of the first simulation study, to …

Aim The variation in species composition among sites, or beta diversity, can be decomposed
into replacement and richness difference. A debate is ongoing in the literature concerning …