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Re:Join the open source uBiome GitHub repository for microbi... by bonobo3000 on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @01:50PM (#9924249)
Has anyone here derived actionable insight from their microbiome data? I sampled my gut and sure I can see its pretty far off from the average (e.g 51% Bacteroidetes compared to 22.5% average) but err so what? Google brought up a few studies related to microbiomes but there doesn't seem to be any real answer on what a "good" microbiome is, or how deviations from normal are linked to other diseases, how much is dependent on diet (a lot i would think).
Re:Join the open source uBiome GitHub repository for microbi... by tridint on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @02:03PM (#9924352)
To begin with, the reproducibility of your sample is in question - https://mrheisenbug.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/dear-american-g...

The resolution from uBiome data is also 16s, and (likely) too low to yield good information.

There is no definition of a good microbiome. The research is still in its infancy. Attempting to 'improve' your microbiome would likely be a mistake. The upside is that you may have contributed by paying uBiome.