Gut microbiome of Gurkha vs non-Gurkha British Army soldiers
Cross-sectional shotgun metagenomics of 40 fecal samples from British Army soldiers (UK), comparing Gurkha and non-Gurkha personnel to examine gut microbiota differences linked to travellers' diarrhoea risk. machine-written summary
38 samples · 40 runs · GB · Age unknown · 2022 · 2.25 Gbp / sample
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what each source gave
| ✓ Sequence archive | 76 sample values (collection date, country) |
| ○ Abstract / description | read; no usable statement |
| ✓ Full text | 152 sample values (lifestyle, lifestyle detail, location region, subject id) · PMC10729956 |
| ✓ Supplementary tables | 38 sample values (health condition detail) |
| ✓ External resources | 38 sample values (antibiotic exposure) · from BugSigDB |
| – User contribution | nothing uploaded yet |
| – Human verified | not yet checked by a person · I checked this project — verify it |
military unit — not resolved
38 British Army soldiers from 3 barracks (22 Gurkha, 16 non-Gurkha); per-sample barracks not reported.
Genera, mean relative abundance over 31 profiled gut samples of this project (Sandpiper SingleM profiles, GTDB R232; low-depth and non-metagenome profiles left out).
| field | samples | coverage | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| age_category | 0 | 0% | ||||
| country | 38 | 100% | 38 | |||
| health_condition | 0 | 0% | ||||
| subject_id | 38 | 100% | 38 | |||
| antibiotic_exposure | 38 | 100% | 38 | |||
| collection_date | 38 | 100% | 38 | |||
| detailed_location | 38 | 100% | ||||
| health_condition_detail | 38 | 100% | 38 | |||
| lifestyle | 38 | 100% | 38 | |||
| lifestyle_detail | 38 | 100% | 38 | |||
| location_region | 38 | 100% | 38 |
- Differences in the gut microbiota between Gurkhas and soldiers of British origin. 2023 PMID 38113233 PMC10729956 own_data
Archive description
Metagenomics of fecal samples collected from members of the British Army
How this project entered the registry
Classified as human gut / stool shotgun DNA metagenome of age unknown by sonnet_x2 with confidence 0.72. Assay shotgun_dna.
- host run.host_tax_id · “9606”
- body site study.description · “fecal samples collected from members”
Evidence examples (one per field × route)
| sample | field | value | route | conf. | source | quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAMN29135607 | antibiotic_exposure | no | R2 | 0.60 | external.bugsigdb source | Antibiotics exclusion: Recent use of antibiotics |
| SAMN29135607 | collection_date | 2021 | R1 | 0.90 | biosample.attribute:collection_date | 2021 |
| SAMN29135607 | country | GB | R1 | 0.90 | sample.attr.geo_loc_name | United Kingdom |
| SAMN29135607 | health_condition_detail | Non-UK Born Gurkha | R2 | 0.85 | paper.supp.pone.0292645.s001.xlsx[Data!Group] | Non-UK Born Gurkha |
| SAMN29135607 | lifestyle | military | R3 | 0.70 | paper.fulltext.methods | A total of 38 soldiers were recruited from 3 barracks across England |
| SAMN29135607 | lifestyle_detail | British Army soldiers (Gurkha and non-Gurkha) | R3 | 0.70 | paper.fulltext.methods | 38 soldiers were recruited from 3 barracks across England |
| SAMN29135607 | location_region | England | R3 | 0.70 | paper.fulltext.methods | recruited from 3 barracks across England |
| SAMN29135607 | subject_id | SAMN29135607 | R3 | 0.75 | design.one_sample_per_subject:fulltext | Participants were asked to collect a single sample of faecal material |
Sequencing
40 runs over 38 samples · mean 2.34 Gbp per run (median 2.25 Gbp, total 93.42 Gbp; 40 runs with a base count) · layout PAIRED 40 · platform ILLUMINA 40 · models Illumina HiSeq 2500 (40) · 82% of runs with a Sandpiper profile · first public 2022-07-24 – 2022-09-30
Authors (9)
Troth TD first · McInnes RS · Dunn SJ · Mirza J · Whittaker AH · Goodchild SA · Loman NJ · Harding SV · van Schaik W last
Downloads
PRJNA849795.csv.gz (1.9 KB) · parquet (71.4 KB) — all 38 samples, every field with route and confidence · PRJNA849795_determinations.csv.gz (2.7 KB) — 304 evidence rows