Correcting for batch effects in case-control microbiome studies

• Sean M. Gibbons,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, United States of America

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• Claire Duvallet,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States of America

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• Eric J. Alm

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ejalm@mit.edu

  Affiliations Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-9364

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