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I got my American Gut results this week and have to say I'm confused. Was hoping to spend more time reviewing it this weekend to see if it makes more sense.
I expected something that looks like the Genova labs, but this is much more general. Also they state very clearly "this is not for diagnosing any disease, etc."
What I am confused by is that they sent paper results, a mini-poster and some regular printout pages, but the results on the printout not only don't jive with the "your results" on the poster, they are almost saying opposite things.
All that said, I think the idea of a CFS/ME gut biome comparo is brilliant. Especially if we can help each other figure out anything meaningful from the results!
OK well I got my American Gut results. It shows the following:
Most abundant microbes:
Taxonomy Sample
Genus Bacteroides 27.2%
Genus Akkermansia 20.7%
Genus Parabacteroides 13.8%
Family Lachnospiraceae 10.4%
Most enriched microbes:
Taxonomy Sample Population Fold
Genus Ruminococcus 3.7% 0.92% 4x
Genus Odoribacter 0.7% 0.10% 7x
Genus Parabacteroides 13.8% 3.11% 4x
Genus Akkermansia 20.7% 2.30% 9x
Note says:
Your sample contained 10 rare and taxa, including the following: Unclassified Family Methy-lobacteriaceae, Genus Methylobacterium, Unclassified Order Sphingomonadales, Genus Sphingobium, Genus Zoogloea
The little bar graph shows what looks like higher Verrucomicrobia, and lower Firmicutes than the comparisons. But its pretty hard to read.
Any clue as to what this means? Anyone else have similar results?
The American Gut Project is for Americans only. But ... the uBiome one is international. Their website says people from just about any country can participate. Since I've had my genome tested (23andMe), maybe the next logical step would be to find out who I am co-habitating with. .
According to their site it is an international project, but the FDA aren't happy about them recieving poop from outside the US through the post so they are currently not accepting international customers. I guess that might change in time. But just as likely that the uBiome project will end up having to stop allowing international customers for the same reason, so if you're thinking of taking one of these tests and you're outside the US then you might want to get on and order while you can.
Well, they just accepted my sample - posted it off a couple of weeks ago, just had acknowledgement that it's going into the poop-o-meter.
I love these sorts of projects, they're brilliant. The question for me is which one to join, uBiome, or American Gut Project. I'm probably not going to join one for a few months yet, but I'm sure I'll be joining one of the other.
This makes me want to run amok collecting e-coli for "personal use" lol. But seriously, it makes me much more excited about Dr. Lipkin's work!I would be remiss to not mention the website of Ken Lassessen, chocked full of information.
http://cfsremission.wordpress.com
Chris
@Sasha have you gotten your uBiome results? I finally saw them show up as "sequenced". Couldn't access any actual results though so I emailed them. They responded promptly. They are still using a beta version so gave me a link to use.
I am now taking a look at my results. Now I just have to figure out what they mean.