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the cumulative sum of counts up to a certain percentile. Other normalization
methods introduced in Chapter 7, such as TMM and RLE, can also be used on
metagenomic abundance data.
15.7.2 Identification of Differentially Abundant Species or OTUs
To identify species or OTUs that are differentially abundant between habitats
or conditions, currently available tools include metagenomeSeq [96], phyloseq
[97], LEfSe [98], STAMP [99], ANCOM and ANCOM- BC [100, 101], corncob
[102], and MaAsLin 2 [103]. These tools use different methods and statistics
to detect differential abundance between ...