3.3.1. Applying selbal
The package selbal is a software that identifies microbial signatures by modelling the response variable and determining the smallest number of taxa with the highest prediction or classification accuracy [After following these sequential steps with the Group A—LPG1 microbiome abundance matrix, several ASVs were chosen to be integrated into the numerator (N) or denominator (D), as summarised in Comparing the median and distribution of the balance scores obtained after applying Conversely, According to 