Table 2 Comparison of the taxonomic assignments obtained (using SPHINX algorithm) for sequences specific to malnourished and healthy samples (at the taxonomic level of order)

Order Name

Malnourished sample (X)

Healthy Sample (Y)

Relative Ratio (X/Y)

Inference

Campylobacterales

78.87

0.06

1235.57

High in malnourished

Clostridiales

11.4

0.1

119.1

High in malnourished

Lactobacillales

0.79

3.19

0.25

High in healthy

Enterobacteriales

0.11

5.07

0.02

High in healthy

Pseudomonadales

0.04

5.27

0.01

High in healthy

Chloroflexales

0.02

4.44

0

High in healthy

Desulfurovibrionales

0

4.44

0

High in healthy

Bifidobacteriales

0

6.98

N.A

High in healthy

Xanthomonadales

0

3.21

N.A

High in healthy

Plantomycetales

0

2.13

N.A

High in healthy

Halobacteriales

0

12.24

N.A

High in healthy

Actinomycetales

0

19.72

N.A

High in healthy

Burkholderiales

0

19.39

N.A

High in healthy

Rhizobiales

0

2.39

N.A

High in healthy