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PRJNA1266865 SRP587191

Gut microbiomes of Indian tribal communities, cross-sectional

Indian tribal gut microbiomes

83 fecal samples from healthy adults across eight tribal communities in Maharashtra, Manipur, Ladakh, and Telangana, India, in a cross-sectional study of gut microbiome and dietary variation. machine-written summary

83 samples · 98 runs · IN · Adult · 2025 · 1.90 Gbp / sample

Sources
✓Sequence archive 1,046○Abstract / description✓Full text 249✓Supplementary tables 69–External resources–User contribution–Human verified

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✓ Sequence archive1,046 sample values (age, collection date, country, latitude, lifestyle, lifestyle detail, location locality, location region)
○ Abstract / descriptionread; no usable statement
✓ Full text249 sample values (antibiotic exposure, health condition, health condition detail) · PMC13353789
✓ Supplementary tables69 sample values (bmi, subject id)
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Samples at a glance
6 sampling locations · 1 country
Age
adult83
Condition
healthy_control83
Sex
female43
male33
Country
IN83
Body site
primary83
Sequencing depth per sample · this project all projects
all projects, 0–0.03 Gbp: 25,080 samples (4 %)all projects, 0.03–0.1 Gbp: 17,066 samples (3 %)all projects, 0.1–0.3 Gbp: 29,179 samples (5 %)this project, 0.1–0.3 Gbp: 2 samplesall projects, 0.3–1 Gbp: 47,044 samples (8 %)this project, 0.3–1 Gbp: 9 samplesall projects, 1–3 Gbp: 124,983 samples (22 %)this project, 1–3 Gbp: 45 samplesall projects, 3–10 Gbp: 253,728 samples (44 %)this project, 3–10 Gbp: 22 samplesall projects, 10–30 Gbp: 72,533 samples (13 %)this project, 10–30 Gbp: 5 samplesall projects, 30–100 Gbp: 3,024 samples (1 %)all projects, 100–300 Gbp: 106 samples (0 %)all projects, ≥ 300 Gbp: 9 samples (0 %)project median 1.90 Gbp per sample0130Gbp
Sampling design and relatedness

tribe

83 adults from 8 named tribes (tribe attribute)8 shared settings.

ethnic group or tribe Warli · 16 peopleethnic group or tribe WarliAK-SW-11 — member · 1 sampleAK-SW…AK-SW-2 — member · 1 sampleAK-SW…AK-SW-3 — member · 1 sampleAK-SW…AK-SW-4 — member · 1 sampleAK-SW…AK-SW-7 — member · 1 sampleAK-SW…AK-SW-9 — member · 1 sampleAK-SW…AK_SW_1 — member · 1 sampleAK_SW…AK_SW_12 — member · 1 sampleAK_SW…AK_SW_14 — member · 1 sampleAK_SW…AK_SW_5 — member · 1 sampleAK_SW…AK_SW_8 — member · 1 sampleAK_SW…nan — member · 1 samplenannan — member · 1 samplenannan — member · 1 samplenannan — member · 1 samplenannan — member · 1 samplenan
ethnic group or tribe Gondia · 12 peopleethnic group or tribe GondiaAK-SG-10 — member · 1 sample10AK-SG-11 — member · 1 sample11AK-SG-12 — member · 1 sample12AK-SG-16 — member · 1 sample16AK-SG-17 — member · 1 sample17AK-SG-19 — member · 1 sample19AK-SG-20 — member · 1 sample20AK-SG-22 — member · 1 sample22AK-SG-25 — member · 1 sample25AK-SG-26 — member · 1 sample26AK-SG-29 — member · 1 sample29AK-SG-7 — member · 1 sample7AK-SG…
ethnic group or tribe Kabui · 11 peopleethnic group or tribe KabuiAK-SR-1 — member · 1 sampleAK-SR…AK-SR-10 — member · 2 samplesAK-SR…AK-SR-3 — member · 1 sampleAK-SR…AK-SR-4 — member · 1 sampleAK-SR…AK-SR-5 — member · 1 sampleAK-SR…AK-SR-6 — member · 1 sampleAK-SR…AK-SR-7 — member · 1 sampleAK-SR…AK-SR-8 — member · 1 sampleAK-SR…AK-SR-9 — member · 1 sampleAK-SR…AK_SR_2 — member · 1 sampleAK_SR…AK_SR_2.2 — member · 1 sampleAK_SR…
ethnic group or tribe Purigpa · 10 peopleethnic group or tribe PurigpaAK-SK-18 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-2 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-25 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-26 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-27 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-38 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-39 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-45 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-48 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK_SK_49 — member · 1 sampleAK_SK…
ethnic group or tribe Balti · 9 peopleethnic group or tribe BaltiAK-SK-10 — member · 1 sample10AK-SK-17 — member · 1 sample17AK-SK-19 — member · 1 sample19AK-SK-32 — member · 1 sample32AK-SK-35 — member · 1 sample35AK-SK-40 — member · 1 sample40AK-SK-44 — member · 1 sample44AK-SK-5 — member · 1 sample5AK-SK-8 — member · 1 sample8AK-SK…
ethnic group or tribe Brokpa · 9 peopleethnic group or tribe BrokpaAK-SK-1 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-11 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-12 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-13 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-15 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-30 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-33 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-37 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK_SK_49.2 — member · 1 sampleAK_SK…
ethnic group or tribe Madia · 9 peopleethnic group or tribe MadiaAK-SG-15 — member · 1 sampleAK-SG…AK-SG-18 — member · 1 sampleAK-SG…AK-SG-2 — member · 1 sampleAK-SG…AK-SG-28 — member · 1 sampleAK-SG…AK-SG-4 — member · 1 sampleAK-SG…AK-SG-5 — member · 1 sampleAK-SG…AK-SG-9 — member · 1 sampleAK-SG…AK_SG_8 — member · 1 sampleAK_SG…nan — member · 1 samplenan
ethnic group or tribe Boto · 6 peopleethnic group or tribe BotoAK-SK-14 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-29 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-36 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK-SK-9 — member · 1 sampleAK-SK…AK_SK_47 — member · 1 sampleAK_SK…AK_SK_47.2 — member · 1 sampleAK_SK…

member · circles are people (pale = no sequenced sample), arrows run donor → recipient and parent → child, curved lines join twins, partners and siblings, squares are shared settings or families without recorded roles. Shown: 8 shared settings. 76 people in the project overall.

How longitudinal and relatedness information is derived

Community composition
Prevotella 25.9%Faecalibacterium 6.9%Bifidobacterium 5.8%Roseburia 4.7%Bacteroides 2.8%Collinsella 2.6%Alloprevotella 2.5%CAG-568 1.8%Succinivibrio 1.7%Escherichia 1.6%Streptococcus 1.6%Dialister 1.4%not assigned to a genus 13.9%other genera 26.9%

Genera, mean relative abundance over 81 profiled gut samples of this project (Sandpiper SingleM profiles, GTDB R232; low-depth and non-metagenome profiles left out).

Field coverage
fieldsamplescoverageR1R2R3R4
age_category83 100%
country83 100%83
health_condition83 100%83
subject_id77 93%6512
antibiotic_exposure83 100%83
collection_date83 100%83
detailed_location83 100%
health_condition_detail83 100%83
latitude83 100%83
lifestyle83 100%83
lifestyle_detail83 100%83
location_locality83 100%83
location_region83 100%83
longitude83 100%83
shared_setting_id83 100%83
shared_setting_type83 100%83
sex76 92%76
age_at_collection_days75 90%75
bmi57 69%57
Papers (1)
  • Gut microbiomes of tribal communities in India vary with dairy and grain consumption. 2026 PMID 42424147 PMC13353789 own_data
Details
Archive description

16S and metagenomic sequencing of feces from adult members of tribes Warli, Kabui, Gond, Madi, Boto, Brokpa, Balti, and Purigpa.

How this project entered the registry

Classified as human gut / stool shotgun DNA metagenome of adult by sonnet_x2 with confidence 0.78. Assay shotgun_dna.

  • host run.host_tax_id · “9606”
  • body site study.description · “sequencing of feces from adult members”
  • life stage study.description · “feces from adult members of tribes”
Evidence examples (one per field × route)
samplefieldvaluerouteconf.sourcequote
SAMN48694871age_at_collection_days11305.8R10.85sample.attr.age31
SAMN48694871antibiotic_exposurenoR30.70paper.fulltext.methodsantibiotic treatment within 30 d prior to sampling
SAMN48694871bmi30.2R20.80paper.supp.KGMI_A_2694242_SM8684.zip[REVISED Table S1. Demographic information of study participants.xlsx::Sheet1!BMI]30.2
SAMN48694871collection_date2019R10.90biosample.attribute:collection_date2019
SAMN48694871countryINR10.90sample.attr.geo_loc_nameIndia:Manipur,Longsai
SAMN48694871health_conditionhealthy_controlR30.70paper.fulltext.methodsapproximately 10 healthy adults
SAMN48694871health_condition_detailHealthy adults without known infectious or chronic ailmentsR30.70paper.fulltext.methodswithout known infectious or chronic ailments
SAMN48694871latitude24.6500R10.90biosample.attribute:lat_lon24.65 N 93.66 E
SAMN48694871lifestyleindigenous_communityR10.85biosample.attribute:tribeKabui
SAMN48694871lifestyle_detailKabuiR10.85biosample.attribute:tribeKabui
SAMN48694871location_localityLongsaiR10.85biosample.attribute:geo_loc_nameIndia:Manipur,Longsai
SAMN48694871location_regionManipurR10.85biosample.attribute:geo_loc_nameIndia:Manipur,Longsai
SAMN48694871longitude93.6600R10.90biosample.attribute:lat_lon24.65 N 93.66 E
SAMN48694871sexfemaleR10.90sample.attr.sexfemale
SAMN48694871shared_setting_idKabuiR10.85biosample.attribute:tribetribe: Kabui
SAMN48694871shared_setting_typeethnic_group_or_tribeR10.85biosample.attribute:tribetribe: Kabui
SAMN48694871subject_idAK-SR-7R10.70sample.name_rule:library_keyLibPlate-A14_AK-SR-7
SAMN48694877subject_idAK_SW_1R20.80paper.supp.KGMI_A_2694242_SM8684.zip[REVISED Table S1. Demographic information of study participants.xlsx::Sheet1!Subject]AK_SW_1
Sequencing

98 runs over 83 samples · mean 2.69 Gbp per run (median 1.98 Gbp, total 263.59 Gbp; 98 runs with a base count) · layout PAIRED 98 · platform ILLUMINA 98 · models Illumina NovaSeq 6000 (98) · 98% of runs with a Sandpiper profile · first public 2025-08-21

Authors (11)

Ebel ER first · Kulkarni AS · Mongad DS · Olm MR · Devi SI · Mir BA · Ozarkar S · Sonnenburg ED · Shouche YS · Sonnenburg JL · Dhotre DP last

Downloads

PRJNA1266865.csv.gz (4.2 KB) · parquet (77.5 KB) — all 83 samples, every field with route and confidence · PRJNA1266865_determinations.csv.gz (12.2 KB) — 1,364 evidence rows

Samples (83 · every field this project has values for · hover a cell for its source)
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