Advantages of phylogenetic distance based constrained ordination analyses for the examination of microbial communities

Abstract Recently developed high throughput molecular techniques such as massively parallel sequencing and phylogenetic microarrays generate vast datasets providing insights into microbial community structure and function. Because of the high dimensionality of these datasets, multivariate ordination...

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Auteurs principaux: V. Shankar, R. Agans, O. Paliy
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/560ef171d12e49e6aa59ace08e198a17
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Résumé:Abstract Recently developed high throughput molecular techniques such as massively parallel sequencing and phylogenetic microarrays generate vast datasets providing insights into microbial community structure and function. Because of the high dimensionality of these datasets, multivariate ordination analyses are often employed to examine such data. Here, we show how the use of phylogenetic distance based redundancy analysis provides ecological interpretation of microbial community differences. We also extend the previously developed method of principal response curves to incorporate phylogenetic distance measure, and we demonstrate the improved ability of this approach to provide ecologically relevant insights into temporal alterations of microbial communities.