Explainable AI reveals changes in skin microbiome composition linked to phenotypic differences

Carrieri AP, Haiminen N, Maudsley-Barton S, Gardiner LJ, Murphy B, Mayes AE, Paterson S, Grimshaw S, Winn M, Shand C, Hadjidoukas P, Rowe WPM, Hawkins S, MacGuire-Flanagan A, Tazzioli J, Kenny JG, Parida L, Hoptroff M, Pyzer-Knapp EO.
Sci Rep. 2021 Feb 25;11(1):4565. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-83922-6. PMID: 33633172
The fusion of artificial intelligence with rich microbiome datasets can offer an improved understanding of the microbiomes role in human health. …The explanations are expressed in terms of variations in the relative abundance of key microbes that drive the …