Gut microbiome by 16S rRNA sequencing in the Milieu Intérieur cohort

We generated 16S ribosomal RNA profiles from fecal samples for 996 participants of the Milieu Intérieur cohort. The data were collected to investigate genetic and non-genetic factors that contribute to individual differences in fecal microbiome composition, as the gut microbiome is an important determinant of human health and its composition has been shown to be influenced by multiple environmental factors and likely by host genetic variation. Raw data contain sequencing reads in fastq format. Analyzed data obtained by the OTU-clustering approach contain alpha-diversity, beta-diversity, OTU relative abundances and metadata (technical parameters, etc) information. Additionally, an ASV (Amplicon Sequence Variant) clustering approach was also performed.