Diversity Analysis
Create phyloseq Object
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library(phyloseq)
library(vegan)
library(ggplot2)
seqtab <- readRDS('seqtab_nochim.rds')
taxa <- readRDS('taxa.rds')
metadata <- read.csv('sample_metadata.csv', row.names = 1)
ps <- phyloseq(otu_table(seqtab, taxa_are_rows = FALSE),
tax_table(taxa),
sample_data(metadata))
taxa_names(ps) <- paste0('ASV', seq(ntaxa(ps)))
Alpha Diversity
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# Calculate multiple metrics
alpha_div <- estimate_richness(ps, measures = c('Observed', 'Chao1', 'Shannon', 'Simpson'))
alpha_div$SampleID <- rownames(alpha_div)
alpha_div <- merge(alpha_div, sample_data(ps), by = 'row.names')
# Statistical test
kruskal.test(Shannon ~ Group, data = alpha_div)
# Pairwise comparisons
pairwise.wilcox.test(alpha_div$Shannon, alpha_div$Group, p.adjust.method = 'BH')
Alpha Diversity Plots
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plot_richness(ps, x = 'Group', measures = c('Observed', 'Shannon')) +
geom_boxplot() +
theme_minimal()
# Custom plot
ggplot(alpha_div, aes(x = Group, y = Shannon, fill = Group)) +
geom_boxplot() +
geom_jitter(width = 0.2, alpha = 0.5) +
theme_minimal() +
labs(y = 'Shannon Diversity Index')
Faith's Phylogenetic Diversity
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library(picante) # Requires phylogenetic tree in phyloseq object # Build tree from ASV sequences library(DECIPHER) library(phangorn) seqs <- refseq(ps) alignment <- AlignSeqs(seqs, anchor = NA) phang_align <- phyDat(as(alignment, 'matrix'), type = 'DNA') dm <- dist.ml(phang_align) tree <- NJ(dm) tree <- midpoint(tree) phy_tree(ps) <- tree # Calculate Faith's PD otu_mat <- as.matrix(t(otu_table(ps))) faith_pd <- pd(otu_mat, phy_tree(ps), include.root = TRUE) alpha_div$PD <- faith_pd$PD
Rarefaction Curves
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# Check if sequencing depth is adequate
rarecurve_data <- vegan::rarecurve(t(otu_table(ps)), step = 100, sample = min(sample_sums(ps)))
# ggplot version with ggrare (install from GitHub)
# devtools::install_github('gauravsk/ranacapa')
library(ranacapa)
p_rare <- ggrare(ps, step = 100, color = 'Group', se = FALSE)
p_rare + theme_minimal() + labs(title = 'Rarefaction Curves')
Rarefaction
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# Check sequencing depth
sample_sums(ps)
# Rarefy to minimum depth
ps_rarefied <- rarefy_even_depth(ps, sample.size = min(sample_sums(ps)),
rngseed = 42, replace = FALSE)
Beta Diversity
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# Calculate distance matrices
bray <- phyloseq::distance(ps, method = 'bray') # Bray-Curtis
jaccard <- phyloseq::distance(ps, method = 'jaccard') # Jaccard
unifrac <- UniFrac(ps, weighted = TRUE) # Weighted UniFrac (requires tree)
# Ordination
ord_bray <- ordinate(ps, method = 'PCoA', distance = bray)
# Plot
plot_ordination(ps, ord_bray, color = 'Group') +
stat_ellipse(level = 0.95) +
theme_minimal()
PERMANOVA
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# Test for group differences metadata <- data.frame(sample_data(ps)) permanova_result <- adonis2(bray ~ Group, data = metadata, permutations = 999) permanova_result # With covariates adonis2(bray ~ Group + Age + Sex, data = metadata, permutations = 999)
Beta Dispersion
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# Test homogeneity of dispersions (assumption of PERMANOVA) beta_disp <- betadisper(bray, metadata$Group) permutest(beta_disp) plot(beta_disp)
NMDS Ordination
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ord_nmds <- ordinate(ps, method = 'NMDS', distance = bray)
# Check stress
ord_nmds$stress # Should be < 0.2
plot_ordination(ps, ord_nmds, color = 'Group') +
theme_minimal()
Distance Metrics Comparison
| Metric | Type | Considers Abundance | Phylogeny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bray-Curtis | Quantitative | Yes | No |
| Jaccard | Binary | No | No |
| UniFrac (unweighted) | Binary | No | Yes |
| UniFrac (weighted) | Quantitative | Yes | Yes |
Related Skills
- •amplicon-processing - Generate ASV table
- •differential-abundance - Identify taxa driving differences
- •data-visualization/ggplot2-fundamentals - Custom diversity plots