Table 4 Log2 median ratio values of top taxa associated with COVID-19 (n = 29) compared to community acquired pneumonia (n = 25) and uninfected (n = 32) cohorts.

From: Analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid metatranscriptomes among patients with COVID-19 disease

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log2 median ratio

Median diff

Mean diff

p value

q value

Taxon name

COVID-19

Community acquired pneumonia

−2.0539

−0.0728

−0.1332

0.0067

0.0224

Paracoccus

COVID-19

Community acquired pneumonia

−2.0539

−0.0728

−0.1332

0.0067

0.0224

Sphingobium

COVID-19

Community acquired pneumonia

−2.0539

−0.0728

−0.1332

0.0067

0.0224

Sphingopyxis

COVID-19

Community acquired pneumonia

−2.0539

−0.0728

−0.1332

0.0067

0.0224

Sphingomonas

COVID-19

Uninfected

−4.3829

−0.4587

−0.3767

 < 0.001

 < 0.0001

Paracoccus

COVID-19

Uninfected

−4.3829

−0.4587

−0.3767

 < 0.001

 < 0.0001

Sphingobium

COVID-19

Uninfected

−4.3829

−0.4587

−0.3767

 < 0.001

 < 0.0001

Sphingopyxis

COVID-19

Uninfected

−4.3829

−0.4587

−0.3767

 < 0.001

 < 0.0001

Sphingomonas

COVID-19

Uninfected

−5.1294

−0.4164

−0.3356

 < 0.001

 < 0.0001

Bradyrhizobium

COVID-19

Uninfected

−5.1294

−0.4164

−0.3356

 < 0.001

 < 0.0001

Methylobacterium

  1. Values depicted in the table are mean values at the genus level for taxa that containing > 10 species level significant comparisons with a qvalue < 0.05 and an absolute value of log2 median ratio > 1.0 using Wilcoxon rank sum test adjusted for multiple test comparison. A full list of significant taxonomic comparison values at the species level can be found in Supplementary Table 6.