Skin, gut, and sand metagenomic data on placebo-controlled sandbox biodiversity intervention study

Marja I. Roslund, Anirudra Parajuli, Nan Hui, Riikka Puhakka, Mira Grönroos, Laura Soininen, Noora Nurminen, Sami Oikarinen, Ondřej Cinek, Lenka Kramná, Anna Mari Schroderus, Olli H. Laitinen, Tuure Kinnunen, Heikki Hyöty, Aki Sinkkonen

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Abstract

The metagenomic data presented in this article are related to the published research of “A Placebo-controlled double-blinded test of the biodiversity hypothesis of immune-mediated diseases: Environmental microbial diversity elicits changes in cytokines and increase in T regulatory cells in young children” This database contains 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) metagenomics of sandbox sand and skin and gut microbiota of children in the intervention and placebo daycares. In intervention daycares, children aged 3–5 years were exposed to playground sand enriched with microbially diverse soil. In placebo daycares, children were exposed to visually similar as in intervention daycares, but microbially poor sand colored with peat. Sand, skin and gut metagenomics were analyzed at baseline and after 14 and 28 days of intervention by high throughput sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA gene on the Illumina MiSeq platform. This dataset shows how skin bacterial community composition, including classes Gammaproteobacteria and Bacilli, changed, and how the relative abundance of over 30 bacterial genera shifted on the skin of children in the intervention treatment, while no shifts occurred in the placebo group.

Original languageEnglish
Article number109003
JournalData in Brief
Volume47
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2023
Publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

  • 16s rRNA metagenome
  • Biodiversity
  • Children
  • Gut bacteria
  • Human commensal microbiota
  • Placebo
  • Skin bacteria

Publication forum classification

  • Publication forum level 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General

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