Microbiome Report Interpretation
Microbiome reports classify organisms across taxonomic levels from phylum through strain. A binary good-or-bad framing for individual organisms is scientifically inadequate. The microbiome literature is too large for individual clinicians…
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Microbiome reports classify organisms across taxonomic levels from phylum through strain. A binary good-or-bad framing for individual organisms is scientifically inadequate. The microbiome literature is too large for individual clinicians to keep up with manually. Population-average comparisons are reliable only to the family level in microbiome reports. Disease states usually reflect ecosystem-wide dysbiotic shifts rather than a single organism being high or low. Microbiome interpretation is difficult because the gut contains roughly 30 trillion organisms.