Table 3 Sorted list of taxa (descending order) based on causal effects on ulcerative colitis “disease” node.

From: Causal effects in microbiomes using interventional calculus

Cause

Effects on disease node

Potential behavior

p value

Oscillibacter unclassified

6.68

Beneficial

0.01

Sutterella wadsworthensis

6.34

Beneficial

0.03

Eubacterium eligens

5.29

Beneficial

0.10

Bacteroides xylanisolvens

4.73

Beneficial

0.06

Alistipes ondedonkii

4.68

?

0.09

Bacteroides sp4

4.04

?

0.04

Dialister invisus

2.53

Pathogenic

0.11

Bacteroides ovatus

2.38

Beneficial

0.08

Ruminococcus torques

1.41

Pathogenic

0.03

Akkermansia muciniphila

1.39

Beneficial

0.04

  1. The p-value for each pairwise causal effect is also provided.