Studying back-to-back microbiome results
I sampled my gut microbiome three times over the month of May: once on May 1st and again on May 28th and May 29th.
Interestingly, the May 29th sample was taken after ingesting 250mg of Reducose the day before, giving me a hint at how Reducose may affect my microbiome.
Here are the unique taxa found in the first sample (before Reducose) but not the second (genus level):
Unique | % |
---|---|
Caldicoprobacter | 0.0023 |
Enterobacter | 0.0119 |
Fastidiosipila | 0.0059 |
Megasphaera | 0.0035 |
Murdochiella | 0.0023 |
Prevotella | 0.0083 |
Slackia | 0.0071 |
and here are those that appeared suddenly a day after ingesting Reducose:
Extinct | % |
---|---|
Anaerofustis | 0.0045 |
Bacillus | 0.0022 |
Brevibacterium | 0.0068 |
Christensenella | 0.0034 |
Corynebacterium | 0.0091 |
Eisenbergiella | 0.0034 |
Leuconostoc | 0.0137 |
Peptoniphilus | 0.0022 |
Planomicrobium | 0.0022 |
and a heatmap:
Finally, let’s see which new microbes showed up between the beginning of the month and before taking the pre-Reducose sample:
Unique | % |
---|---|
Anaerococcus | 0.0138 |
Anaerofustis | 0.0037 |
Brevibacterium | 0.0326 |
Coprobacillus | 1.9770 |
Corynebacterium | 0.1093 |
Eisenbergiella | 0.6699 |
Facklamia | 0.0025 |
Hespellia | 0.0439 |
Oligella | 0.0100 |
Peptoniphilus | 0.0075 |
Planomicrobium | 0.0025 |
Porphyromonas | 0.0201 |
Pseudoclavibacter | 0.0163 |
Rhodococcus | 0.0062 |
Staphylococcus | 0.0037 |
Succiniclasticum | 0.0062 |
and the unique microbes that showed up during the same period:
Extinct | % |
---|---|
Aggregatibacter | 0.0023 |
Butyrivibrio | 0.0107 |
Granulicatella | 0.0023 |
Haemophilus | 0.0071 |
Interestingly, three of the microbes that were present before disappeared after the Reducose. Although this is a very tentative analysis based on one person, with only three samples, without additional evidence it points to some microbes I’d want to watch more seriously next time.