3.5 The functional differences among sampling sites
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COLORECTAL POLYPS
For revealing the potential taxonomic differences corresponded to functional changes, we performed a predictive functional analysis using PICRUSt2 based on the 16S rRNA gene data. In patients with colorectal polyps, the metabolic pathways of microbiota in the normal mucosa were significantly different from those in faeces and polyp tissues, whereas those in faeces showed no difference from those in polyp tissues (The overall functional differences in pathways among sampling sites. 