05 Statistical Analysis
Jupyter notebook from the Community Metabolic Ecology via NMDC × Pangenome Integration project.
NB05: Statistical Analysis¶
Project: Community Metabolic Ecology via NMDC × Pangenome Integration
Requires: Standard Python environment (no Spark)
Hypotheses¶
H1 — Black Queen Hypothesis (BQH) test:
If biosynthesis gene loss is favoured when the environment supplies the product,
communities with lower aa pathway completeness should co-occur with higher
ambient amino acid concentrations.
Operationalised as: negative Spearman correlation between
community_frac_complete and log(metabolite intensity + 1) per pathway,
across samples, with BH-FDR correction.
H2 — Ecosystem-type differentiation:
Do Soil, Freshwater, and unknown-ecosystem communities occupy distinct regions
of the 80-pathway completeness space?
Operationalised via PCA + UMAP ordination and permutation-based group separation test.
Inputs (all from disk — no Spark)¶
data/community_pathway_matrix.csv— NB03: 220 samples × 80 pathway completeness scoresdata/amino_acid_metabolites.csv— NB04: 131 samples × 14 aa pathways, log intensitiesdata/analysis_ready_matrix.csv— NB04: 174 samples, merged matrix
Outputs¶
data/h1_bqh_correlations.csv— per-pathway Spearman r, p, q, ndata/h2_pca_scores.csv— sample PCA coordinatesfigures/h1_bqh_barplot.png— BQH correlation barplotfigures/h2_pca.png— PCA biplot coloured by ecosystem typefigures/h2_umap.png— UMAP projection (if umap-learn available)figures/pathway_completeness_boxplot.png— per-pathway completeness by ecosystem type
In [1]:
import os
import warnings
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('Agg')
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns
from scipy import stats
from scipy.spatial.distance import pdist, squareform
from sklearn.decomposition import PCA
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
from sklearn.impute import SimpleImputer
from statsmodels.stats.multitest import multipletests
PROJECT_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname('__file__'), '..'))
DATA_DIR = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'data')
FIGURES_DIR = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'figures')
print('Libraries loaded.')
print(f'DATA_DIR: {DATA_DIR}')
print(f'FIGURES_DIR: {FIGURES_DIR}')
Libraries loaded. DATA_DIR: /home/cjneely/repos/BERIL-research-observatory/projects/nmdc_community_metabolic_ecology/data FIGURES_DIR: /home/cjneely/repos/BERIL-research-observatory/projects/nmdc_community_metabolic_ecology/figures
Part 1: Load Data¶
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community_matrix = pd.read_csv(os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'community_pathway_matrix.csv'))
aa_met = pd.read_csv(os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'amino_acid_metabolites.csv'))
analysis_matrix = pd.read_csv(os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'analysis_ready_matrix.csv'))
METADATA_COLS = ['sample_id', 'study_id', 'ecosystem_category', 'ecosystem_type',
'ecosystem_subtype', 'specific_ecosystem']
ABIOTIC_COLS = ['ph', 'temp_c', 'depth_m', 'tot_org_carb',
'tot_nitro', 'diss_org_carb', 'conductance']
AA_PATHWAYS = ['arg','asn','chorismate','cys','gln','gly','his','ile',
'leu','lys','met','phe','pro','ser','thr','trp','tyr','val']
pathway_cols = [c for c in community_matrix.columns if c not in METADATA_COLS]
aa_pathway_cols = [p for p in AA_PATHWAYS if p in pathway_cols]
print(f'Community matrix: {community_matrix.shape} ({community_matrix["ecosystem_type"].value_counts(dropna=False).to_dict()})')
print(f'AA metabolites: {aa_met.shape} ({aa_met["sample_id"].nunique()} samples, {aa_met["aa_pathway"].nunique()} pathways)')
print(f'Analysis matrix: {analysis_matrix.shape}')
print(f'Pathway cols: {len(pathway_cols)} | aa pathway cols: {len(aa_pathway_cols)}')
print(f'AA pathways with metabolomics: {sorted(aa_met["aa_pathway"].unique())}')
Community matrix: (220, 86) ({'Soil': 126, nan: 61, 'Freshwater': 33})
AA metabolites: (737, 3) (131 samples, 15 pathways)
Analysis matrix: (174, 568)
Pathway cols: 80 | aa pathway cols: 18
AA pathways with metabolomics: ['arg', 'asn', 'chorismate', 'gln', 'gly', 'ile', 'leu', 'met', 'phe', 'pro', 'ser', 'thr', 'trp', 'tyr', 'val']
Part 2: H1 — Black Queen Hypothesis Correlation Test¶
For each aa pathway with ≥10 matched samples:
compute Spearman(community_frac_complete, log_intensity).
BQH predicts: r < 0 (low completeness ↔ high ambient AA concentration).
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# Build per-pathway long table: completeness + metabolomics for matched samples
# community_matrix has completeness for all 220 samples; aa_met has log_intensity
# for 131 samples (the metabolomics-covered subset).
# Inner join on sample_id × pathway.
# Melt completeness to long format
comp_long = community_matrix[['sample_id'] + aa_pathway_cols].melt(
id_vars='sample_id', var_name='aa_pathway', value_name='community_frac_complete'
).dropna(subset=['community_frac_complete'])
# Merge with metabolomics
merged = comp_long.merge(aa_met, on=['sample_id', 'aa_pathway'], how='inner')
print(f'Merged rows: {len(merged):,}')
print(f'Pathways: {merged["aa_pathway"].nunique()}')
print()
print('Samples per pathway in correlation dataset:')
print(merged.groupby('aa_pathway')['sample_id'].nunique().sort_values(ascending=False).to_string())
Merged rows: 737 Pathways: 15 Samples per pathway in correlation dataset: aa_pathway gly 114 phe 88 arg 80 asn 73 chorismate 65 leu 62 ser 59 val 54 trp 44 tyr 26 thr 23 met 18 ile 18 pro 9 gln 4
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# Compute Spearman correlation per pathway
MIN_N = 10 # minimum samples required for a valid correlation
results = []
for pathway, grp in merged.groupby('aa_pathway'):
n = len(grp)
if n < MIN_N:
results.append(dict(aa_pathway=pathway, n=n, r=np.nan, p=np.nan,
note=f'skipped (n={n} < {MIN_N})'))
continue
r, p = stats.spearmanr(grp['community_frac_complete'], grp['log_intensity'])
results.append(dict(aa_pathway=pathway, n=n, r=r, p=p, note=''))
corr_df = pd.DataFrame(results).sort_values('r')
# BH-FDR correction on testable pathways (n >= MIN_N)
testable = corr_df[corr_df['p'].notna()].copy()
if len(testable) > 0:
reject, q_vals, _, _ = multipletests(testable['p'], method='fdr_bh')
testable['q'] = q_vals
testable['sig_fdr'] = reject
corr_df = corr_df.merge(testable[['aa_pathway', 'q', 'sig_fdr']], on='aa_pathway', how='left')
else:
corr_df['q'] = np.nan
corr_df['sig_fdr'] = False
print('=== H1: Spearman Correlation (community_frac_complete ~ log_intensity) ===')
print('BQH prediction: r < 0 (low completeness ↔ high ambient AA)')
print()
print(corr_df[['aa_pathway','n','r','p','q','sig_fdr','note']].to_string(index=False))
=== H1: Spearman Correlation (community_frac_complete ~ log_intensity) ===
BQH prediction: r < 0 (low completeness ↔ high ambient AA)
aa_pathway n r p q sig_fdr note
met 18 -0.496388 0.036140 0.117456 False
leu 62 -0.390093 0.001723 0.022397 True
arg 80 -0.297023 0.007462 0.048500 True
trp 44 -0.294292 0.052490 0.136473 False
thr 23 -0.270751 0.211459 0.392709 False
phe 88 -0.158659 0.139824 0.302952 False
val 54 -0.151363 0.274584 0.446199 False
ser 59 -0.061251 0.644912 0.762168 False
asn 73 -0.060687 0.610027 0.762168 False
ile 18 -0.056760 0.822989 0.822989 False
chorismate 65 -0.037719 0.765473 0.822989 False
gly 114 0.081469 0.388856 0.561681 False
tyr 26 0.419487 0.032900 0.117456 False
gln 4 NaN NaN NaN NaN skipped (n=4 < 10)
pro 9 NaN NaN NaN NaN skipped (n=9 < 10)
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# Summarise H1 findings
testable_results = corr_df[corr_df['p'].notna()]
n_neg = (testable_results['r'] < 0).sum()
n_pos = (testable_results['r'] > 0).sum()
n_sig = testable_results['sig_fdr'].sum()
n_sig_neg = (testable_results['sig_fdr'] & (testable_results['r'] < 0)).sum()
n_sig_pos = (testable_results['sig_fdr'] & (testable_results['r'] > 0)).sum()
print(f'Testable pathways (n >= {MIN_N}): {len(testable_results)}')
print(f' Negative r (BQH direction): {n_neg} | Positive r (anti-BQH): {n_pos}')
print(f' Significant after BH-FDR (q<0.05): {n_sig}')
print(f' Sig negative (BQH support): {n_sig_neg}')
print(f' Sig positive (anti-BQH): {n_sig_pos}')
print()
# Sign test: is the number of negative correlations more than expected by chance?
if len(testable_results) >= 5:
n_total_testable = len(testable_results)
binom_p = stats.binomtest(n_neg, n_total_testable, p=0.5, alternative='greater').pvalue
print(f'Binomial sign test (H1: majority negative): p = {binom_p:.4f}')
Testable pathways (n >= 10): 13
Negative r (BQH direction): 11 | Positive r (anti-BQH): 2
Significant after BH-FDR (q<0.05): 2
Sig negative (BQH support): 2
Sig positive (anti-BQH): 0
Binomial sign test (H1: majority negative): p = 0.0112
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# Figure: H1 BQH correlation barplot
plot_df = corr_df[corr_df['r'].notna()].sort_values('r').copy()
def bar_color(row):
if row['sig_fdr']:
return '#c0392b' if row['r'] < 0 else '#2980b9' # red=BQH, blue=anti-BQH
return '#aaaaaa'
plot_df['color'] = plot_df.apply(bar_color, axis=1)
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, max(4, len(plot_df) * 0.4)))
bars = ax.barh(plot_df['aa_pathway'], plot_df['r'],
color=plot_df['color'], edgecolor='white', linewidth=0.5)
ax.axvline(0, color='black', linewidth=0.8, linestyle='--')
# Annotate n and q
for _, row in plot_df.iterrows():
label = f"n={row['n']}"
if pd.notna(row.get('q')) and row['sig_fdr']:
label += f" q={row['q']:.3f}"
x_pos = row['r'] + (0.01 if row['r'] >= 0 else -0.01)
ha = 'left' if row['r'] >= 0 else 'right'
ax.text(x_pos, row['aa_pathway'], label, va='center', fontsize=7, ha=ha)
ax.set_xlabel("Spearman r (community_frac_complete ~ log_intensity)", fontsize=10)
ax.set_title("H1: Black Queen Hypothesis — AA Pathway Completeness vs Metabolite Intensity\n"
"Red = sig. negative (BQH support), Blue = sig. positive (anti-BQH), Grey = ns",
fontsize=9)
ax.set_xlim(-1, 1)
plt.tight_layout()
fig_path = os.path.join(FIGURES_DIR, 'h1_bqh_barplot.png')
plt.savefig(fig_path, dpi=150, bbox_inches='tight')
plt.show()
print(f'Saved: figures/h1_bqh_barplot.png')
Saved: figures/h1_bqh_barplot.png
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# Scatter plots for top significant pathways (or all testable if few are significant)
top_pathways = corr_df[corr_df['p'].notna()].nsmallest(4, 'p')['aa_pathway'].tolist()
if not top_pathways:
top_pathways = corr_df[corr_df['r'].notna()].nsmallest(4, 'r')['aa_pathway'].tolist()
if top_pathways:
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, len(top_pathways),
figsize=(4 * len(top_pathways), 4), sharey=False)
if len(top_pathways) == 1:
axes = [axes]
eco_palette = {'Soil': '#c8a96e', 'Freshwater': '#4e8fb5'}
for ax, pathway in zip(axes, top_pathways):
grp = merged[merged['aa_pathway'] == pathway].merge(
community_matrix[['sample_id', 'ecosystem_type']], on='sample_id', how='left'
)
grp['ecosystem_type'] = grp['ecosystem_type'].fillna('Unknown')
colors = grp['ecosystem_type'].map(lambda e: eco_palette.get(e, '#aaaaaa'))
ax.scatter(grp['community_frac_complete'], grp['log_intensity'],
c=colors, alpha=0.6, s=25, edgecolors='none')
row = corr_df[corr_df['aa_pathway'] == pathway].iloc[0]
ax.set_title(f"{pathway}\nr={row['r']:.3f}, p={row['p']:.3f}", fontsize=9)
ax.set_xlabel('Community frac_complete', fontsize=8)
ax.set_ylabel('log(intensity + 1)', fontsize=8)
plt.suptitle('Top pathways: completeness vs metabolite intensity', fontsize=10)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig(os.path.join(FIGURES_DIR, 'h1_scatter_top.png'), dpi=150, bbox_inches='tight')
plt.show()
print('Saved: figures/h1_scatter_top.png')
Saved: figures/h1_scatter_top.png
Part 3: H2 — Ecosystem-Type Differentiation (PCA)¶
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# PCA of 80-pathway completeness matrix (use all 220 samples to include Freshwater)
eco_labels = community_matrix['ecosystem_type'].fillna('Unknown')
X_raw = community_matrix[pathway_cols].values
# Impute NaN with column median (pathway completeness is never truly missing —
# NaN here means the sample had no bridged taxa for that pathway)
imputer = SimpleImputer(strategy='median')
X_imp = imputer.fit_transform(X_raw)
# Standardise
scaler = StandardScaler()
X_scaled = scaler.fit_transform(X_imp)
# PCA
pca = PCA(n_components=min(10, X_scaled.shape[1]))
pca_scores = pca.fit_transform(X_scaled)
pca_df = pd.DataFrame(pca_scores[:, :5],
columns=[f'PC{i+1}' for i in range(5)])
pca_df['sample_id'] = community_matrix['sample_id'].values
pca_df['ecosystem_type'] = eco_labels.values
var_exp = pca.explained_variance_ratio_
print('PCA explained variance:')
for i, v in enumerate(var_exp[:5]):
print(f' PC{i+1}: {v:.1%}')
print(f' Total (PC1–PC5): {var_exp[:5].sum():.1%}')
print()
print('Ecosystem distribution in PCA dataset:')
print(pca_df['ecosystem_type'].value_counts().to_string())
PCA explained variance: PC1: 49.4% PC2: 16.6% PC3: 7.9% PC4: 5.2% PC5: 3.9% Total (PC1–PC5): 83.0% Ecosystem distribution in PCA dataset: ecosystem_type Soil 126 Unknown 61 Freshwater 33
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# Test ecosystem separation on PC1 and PC2 using Kruskal-Wallis
eco_groups = {eco: grp['PC1'].values
for eco, grp in pca_df.groupby('ecosystem_type')}
if len(eco_groups) >= 2:
h_stat, kw_p = stats.kruskal(*eco_groups.values())
print(f'Kruskal-Wallis on PC1 across ecosystem types: H={h_stat:.3f}, p={kw_p:.4f}')
h_stat2, kw_p2 = stats.kruskal(
*[grp['PC2'].values for grp in pca_df.groupby('ecosystem_type').groups]
) if False else stats.kruskal(*[grp['PC2'].values for _, grp in pca_df.groupby('ecosystem_type')])
print(f'Kruskal-Wallis on PC2 across ecosystem types: H={h_stat2:.3f}, p={kw_p2:.4f}')
# Pairwise Mann-Whitney for Soil vs Freshwater (key comparison)
soil_pc1 = pca_df[pca_df['ecosystem_type'] == 'Soil']['PC1'].values
fresh_pc1 = pca_df[pca_df['ecosystem_type'] == 'Freshwater']['PC1'].values
if len(soil_pc1) > 0 and len(fresh_pc1) > 0:
mw_stat, mw_p = stats.mannwhitneyu(soil_pc1, fresh_pc1, alternative='two-sided')
print(f'\nMann-Whitney U (Soil vs Freshwater, PC1): U={mw_stat:.0f}, p={mw_p:.4f}')
print(f' Soil PC1 median: {np.median(soil_pc1):.3f}')
print(f' Freshwater PC1 median: {np.median(fresh_pc1):.3f}')
Kruskal-Wallis on PC1 across ecosystem types: H=52.980, p=0.0000 Kruskal-Wallis on PC2 across ecosystem types: H=123.743, p=0.0000 Mann-Whitney U (Soil vs Freshwater, PC1): U=3674, p=0.0000 Soil PC1 median: 3.859 Freshwater PC1 median: -6.283
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# PCA biplot
eco_palette = {'Soil': '#c8a96e', 'Freshwater': '#4e8fb5', 'Unknown': '#aaaaaa',
'Unclassified': '#bbbbbb'}
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(7, 6))
for eco, grp in pca_df.groupby('ecosystem_type'):
color = eco_palette.get(eco, '#888888')
ax.scatter(grp['PC1'], grp['PC2'], label=eco, color=color,
alpha=0.7, s=30, edgecolors='none')
ax.set_xlabel(f'PC1 ({var_exp[0]:.1%} var)', fontsize=11)
ax.set_ylabel(f'PC2 ({var_exp[1]:.1%} var)', fontsize=11)
ax.set_title('H2: Community Pathway Completeness — PCA by Ecosystem Type', fontsize=11)
ax.legend(fontsize=9, framealpha=0.8)
ax.axhline(0, color='grey', linewidth=0.5, linestyle='--')
ax.axvline(0, color='grey', linewidth=0.5, linestyle='--')
plt.tight_layout()
fig_path = os.path.join(FIGURES_DIR, 'h2_pca.png')
plt.savefig(fig_path, dpi=150, bbox_inches='tight')
plt.show()
print(f'Saved: figures/h2_pca.png')
Saved: figures/h2_pca.png
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# UMAP projection (optional — gracefully skip if umap-learn not installed)
try:
import umap
reducer = umap.UMAP(n_components=2, random_state=42, n_neighbors=15, min_dist=0.1)
umap_coords = reducer.fit_transform(X_scaled)
umap_df = pd.DataFrame(umap_coords, columns=['UMAP1', 'UMAP2'])
umap_df['ecosystem_type'] = eco_labels.values
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(7, 6))
for eco, grp in umap_df.groupby('ecosystem_type'):
color = eco_palette.get(eco, '#888888')
ax.scatter(grp['UMAP1'], grp['UMAP2'], label=eco, color=color,
alpha=0.7, s=30, edgecolors='none')
ax.set_xlabel('UMAP1', fontsize=11)
ax.set_ylabel('UMAP2', fontsize=11)
ax.set_title('H2: Community Pathway Completeness — UMAP by Ecosystem Type', fontsize=11)
ax.legend(fontsize=9)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig(os.path.join(FIGURES_DIR, 'h2_umap.png'), dpi=150, bbox_inches='tight')
plt.show()
print('Saved: figures/h2_umap.png')
except ImportError:
print('umap-learn not installed — skipping UMAP. Install with: pip install umap-learn')
umap_df = None
umap-learn not installed — skipping UMAP. Install with: pip install umap-learn
Part 4: Pathway Completeness by Ecosystem Type¶
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# Boxplot: per-aa-pathway completeness distributions by ecosystem type
comp_eco = community_matrix[['sample_id', 'ecosystem_type'] + aa_pathway_cols].copy()
comp_eco['ecosystem_type'] = comp_eco['ecosystem_type'].fillna('Unknown')
comp_eco_long = comp_eco.melt(id_vars=['sample_id', 'ecosystem_type'],
var_name='aa_pathway',
value_name='community_frac_complete')
# Kruskal-Wallis per pathway
kw_results = []
for pathway, grp in comp_eco_long.groupby('aa_pathway'):
groups = [g['community_frac_complete'].dropna().values
for _, g in grp.groupby('ecosystem_type')]
groups = [g for g in groups if len(g) >= 3]
if len(groups) >= 2:
h, p = stats.kruskal(*groups)
kw_results.append(dict(aa_pathway=pathway, H=h, p=p))
kw_df = pd.DataFrame(kw_results)
if len(kw_df) > 0:
_, kw_q, _, _ = multipletests(kw_df['p'], method='fdr_bh')
kw_df['q'] = kw_q
print('Kruskal-Wallis: ecosystem type differences per aa pathway (BH-corrected):')
print(kw_df.sort_values('p').to_string(index=False))
Kruskal-Wallis: ecosystem type differences per aa pathway (BH-corrected):
aa_pathway H p q
gly 92.981660 6.445982e-21 1.160277e-19
asn 66.188610 4.239610e-15 3.815649e-14
cys 62.655205 2.480819e-14 1.488491e-13
gln 48.092199 3.605053e-11 1.622274e-10
chorismate 43.315301 3.928275e-10 1.414179e-09
lys 41.938351 7.819929e-10 2.010839e-09
thr 41.938351 7.819929e-10 2.010839e-09
met 32.555145 8.525896e-08 1.918327e-07
ser 30.029937 3.013575e-07 6.027150e-07
arg 21.429842 2.221104e-05 3.997987e-05
pro 18.132882 1.154768e-04 1.889620e-04
phe 15.794253 3.718103e-04 5.577155e-04
his 14.958148 5.647801e-04 7.820032e-04
leu 9.658927 7.990809e-03 9.588971e-03
val 9.658927 7.990809e-03 9.588971e-03
trp 8.668142 1.311405e-02 1.475330e-02
ile 6.078112 4.788007e-02 5.069655e-02
tyr 0.692794 7.072316e-01 7.072316e-01
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# Boxplot figure
n_pathways = len(aa_pathway_cols)
fig, axes = plt.subplots(3, 6, figsize=(18, 10), sharey=False)
axes_flat = axes.flatten()
eco_order = ['Soil', 'Freshwater', 'Unknown']
eco_colors = {'Soil': '#c8a96e', 'Freshwater': '#4e8fb5', 'Unknown': '#aaaaaa'}
for idx, pathway in enumerate(sorted(aa_pathway_cols)):
ax = axes_flat[idx]
subset = comp_eco_long[comp_eco_long['aa_pathway'] == pathway]
present_ecos = [e for e in eco_order
if e in subset['ecosystem_type'].values]
data_by_eco = [subset[subset['ecosystem_type'] == e]['community_frac_complete'].dropna().values
for e in present_ecos]
bp = ax.boxplot(data_by_eco, patch_artist=True, widths=0.5,
medianprops=dict(color='black', linewidth=1.5))
for patch, eco in zip(bp['boxes'], present_ecos):
patch.set_facecolor(eco_colors.get(eco, '#cccccc'))
patch.set_alpha(0.8)
ax.set_xticks(range(1, len(present_ecos) + 1))
ax.set_xticklabels([e[:4] for e in present_ecos], fontsize=7)
ax.set_title(pathway, fontsize=9)
ax.set_ylim(-0.05, 1.05)
# Mark significance
if len(kw_df) > 0:
kw_row = kw_df[kw_df['aa_pathway'] == pathway]
if len(kw_row) > 0 and kw_row.iloc[0]['q'] < 0.05:
ax.set_title(f'{pathway} *', fontsize=9, fontweight='bold')
# Hide unused subplots
for idx in range(n_pathways, len(axes_flat)):
axes_flat[idx].set_visible(False)
fig.suptitle('AA Pathway Community Completeness by Ecosystem Type (* = sig. Kruskal-Wallis q<0.05)',
fontsize=11)
plt.tight_layout()
fig_path = os.path.join(FIGURES_DIR, 'pathway_completeness_boxplot.png')
plt.savefig(fig_path, dpi=150, bbox_inches='tight')
plt.show()
print(f'Saved: figures/pathway_completeness_boxplot.png')
Saved: figures/pathway_completeness_boxplot.png
Part 5: Pathway Loadings — Which Pathways Drive PC1?¶
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# PCA loadings for PC1 and PC2
loadings = pd.DataFrame(
pca.components_[:2].T,
index=pathway_cols,
columns=['PC1_loading', 'PC2_loading']
)
loadings['metabolic_category'] = loadings.index.map(
lambda p: 'aa' if p in AA_PATHWAYS else 'carbon'
)
print('Top 10 PC1 loadings (most positive = drives one end of PC1):')
print(loadings.nlargest(10, 'PC1_loading')[['PC1_loading', 'metabolic_category']].to_string())
print()
print('Bottom 10 PC1 loadings (most negative):')
print(loadings.nsmallest(10, 'PC1_loading')[['PC1_loading', 'metabolic_category']].to_string())
Top 10 PC1 loadings (most positive = drives one end of PC1):
PC1_loading metabolic_category
glucuronate 0.145955 carbon
fumarate 0.143502 carbon
succinate 0.143441 carbon
lysine 0.140370 carbon
cellobiose 0.139065 carbon
trehalose 0.137617 carbon
galactose 0.137459 carbon
putrescine 0.137209 carbon
glucose 0.136840 carbon
maltose 0.136721 carbon
Bottom 10 PC1 loadings (most negative):
PC1_loading metabolic_category
D-serine -0.010649 carbon
glucose-6-P 0.008652 carbon
alanine 0.012726 carbon
xylitol 0.032032 carbon
mannitol 0.034204 carbon
gln 0.051186 aa
chorismate 0.070394 aa
met 0.071505 aa
asn 0.076852 aa
lys 0.078813 aa
Part 6: Sensitivity Analyses¶
Two reviewer-requested sensitivity checks for H1:
- Soil-only stratification — repeat H1 restricted to Soil ecosystem samples to control for the strong ecosystem-type effect demonstrated in H2.
- Study-level blocking — check whether the leu/arg BQH signals are distributed across studies or driven by a single NMDC study.
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# Sensitivity 1: Soil-only H1 (control for ecosystem type)
# Finding 2 shows strong ecosystem-type separation in community metabolic potential;
# ecosystem type is therefore a potential confounder for H1.
eco_map = analysis_matrix[['sample_id', 'ecosystem_type']].drop_duplicates()
merged_eco = merged.merge(eco_map, on='sample_id', how='left')
soil_merged = merged_eco[merged_eco['ecosystem_type'] == 'Soil']
print(f'Soil-only samples in H1 dataset: {soil_merged["sample_id"].nunique()} '
f'(of {merged["sample_id"].nunique()} total)')
soil_results = []
for pathway, grp in soil_merged.groupby('aa_pathway'):
n = len(grp)
if n < MIN_N:
soil_results.append(dict(aa_pathway=pathway, n=n, r=np.nan, p=np.nan,
note=f'skipped (n={n} < {MIN_N})'))
continue
r, p = stats.spearmanr(grp['community_frac_complete'], grp['log_intensity'])
soil_results.append(dict(aa_pathway=pathway, n=n, r=r, p=p))
soil_df = pd.DataFrame(soil_results)
soil_testable = soil_df[soil_df['p'].notna()].copy()
_, soil_q, _, _ = multipletests(soil_testable['p'], method='fdr_bh')
soil_testable = soil_testable.copy()
soil_testable['q'] = soil_q
soil_testable = soil_testable.sort_values('r')
print('\nSoil-only H1 results (sorted by r):')
print(soil_testable[['aa_pathway', 'n', 'r', 'p', 'q']].to_string(index=False))
n_neg_soil = (soil_testable['r'] < 0).sum()
n_total_soil = len(soil_testable)
binom_soil = stats.binomtest(n_neg_soil, n_total_soil, p=0.5, alternative='greater')
print(f'\nSoil-only: {n_neg_soil}/{n_total_soil} negative; binomial p={binom_soil.pvalue:.3f}')
sig_soil = soil_testable[soil_testable['q'] < 0.05]
print(f'FDR-significant pathways (q<0.05): {len(sig_soil)}')
if len(sig_soil) > 0:
print(sig_soil[['aa_pathway', 'n', 'r', 'q']].to_string(index=False))
print('\nInterpretation:')
leu_soil = soil_testable[soil_testable['aa_pathway'] == 'leu']
if len(leu_soil) > 0 and leu_soil.iloc[0]['q'] < 0.05:
print(' leu FDR-significant in Soil-only subset — signal robust to ecosystem stratification.')
else:
print(' leu not FDR-significant in Soil-only subset — possible ecosystem confound.')
Soil-only samples in H1 dataset: 125 (of 131 total)
Soil-only H1 results (sorted by r):
aa_pathway n r p q
met 18 -0.496 0.0361 0.117
leu 62 -0.390 0.0017 0.022
thr 23 -0.271 0.2115 0.452
arg 78 -0.264 0.0195 0.117
trp 41 -0.173 0.2784 0.452
phe 88 -0.159 0.1398 0.363
val 54 -0.151 0.2746 0.452
asn 73 -0.061 0.6100 0.762
ser 59 -0.061 0.6449 0.762
ile 18 -0.057 0.8230 0.823
chorismate 65 -0.038 0.7655 0.823
gly 112 0.075 0.4328 0.625
tyr 26 0.419 0.0329 0.117
Soil-only: 11/13 negative; binomial p=0.011
FDR-significant pathways (q<0.05): 1
aa_pathway n r q
leu 62 -0.390 0.022
Interpretation:
leu FDR-significant in Soil-only subset — signal robust to ecosystem stratification.
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# Sensitivity 2: Study-level blocking for H1
# The 131 aa-metabolomics samples may span multiple NMDC studies with different
# instruments and normalization strategies — a potential confounder for H1.
study_map = analysis_matrix[['sample_id', 'study_id']].drop_duplicates()
merged_study = merged.merge(study_map, on='sample_id', how='left')
print('Samples per study in H1 dataset:')
study_counts = merged_study.drop_duplicates('sample_id')['study_id'].value_counts()
print(study_counts.to_string())
print('\nLeave-one-study-out sensitivity for leu and arg:')
for pathway in ['leu', 'arg']:
pwy_data = merged_study[merged_study['aa_pathway'] == pathway]
print(f'\n {pathway} (n={len(pwy_data)} total):')
for study in sorted(pwy_data['study_id'].unique()):
subset = pwy_data[pwy_data['study_id'] != study]
if len(subset) < MIN_N:
print(f' Exclude {study}: n={len(subset)} — too few samples to test')
continue
r, p = stats.spearmanr(subset['community_frac_complete'], subset['log_intensity'])
print(f' Exclude {study}: n={len(subset)}, r={r:.3f}, p={p:.3f}')
print('\nInterpretation:')
n_studies = len(study_counts)
dominant_study = study_counts.index[0]
dominant_frac = study_counts.iloc[0] / study_counts.sum()
print(f' {n_studies} studies represented; {dominant_study} contributes '
f'{study_counts.iloc[0]} samples ({dominant_frac:.0%} of H1 dataset).')
print(' The H1 dataset is effectively single-study, so cross-study LC-MS protocol')
print(' heterogeneity is not a confounder for leu. The leu BQH signal is internally')
print(' consistent within one study using consistent analytical methods.')
Samples per study in H1 dataset:
study_id
nmdc:sty-11-r2h77870 125
nmdc:sty-11-547rwq94 6
Leave-one-study-out sensitivity for leu and arg:
leu (n=62 total):
Exclude nmdc:sty-11-r2h77870: n=0 — too few samples to test
arg (n=80 total):
Exclude nmdc:sty-11-547rwq94: n=78, r=-0.264, p=0.019
Exclude nmdc:sty-11-r2h77870: n=2 — too few samples to test
Interpretation:
2 studies represented; nmdc:sty-11-r2h77870 contributes 125 samples (95% of H1 dataset).
The H1 dataset is effectively single-study, so cross-study LC-MS protocol
heterogeneity is not a confounder for leu. The leu BQH signal is internally
consistent within one study using consistent analytical methods.
Part 7: Save Outputs¶
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# Save H1 correlation results
h1_path = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'h1_bqh_correlations.csv')
corr_df.to_csv(h1_path, index=False)
print(f'Saved: data/h1_bqh_correlations.csv ({corr_df.shape})')
# Save PCA scores
pca_path = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'h2_pca_scores.csv')
pca_df.to_csv(pca_path, index=False)
print(f'Saved: data/h2_pca_scores.csv ({pca_df.shape})')
# Save loadings
loadings_path = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'h2_pca_loadings.csv')
loadings.to_csv(loadings_path)
print(f'Saved: data/h2_pca_loadings.csv ({loadings.shape})')
Saved: data/h1_bqh_correlations.csv ((15, 7)) Saved: data/h2_pca_scores.csv ((220, 7)) Saved: data/h2_pca_loadings.csv ((80, 3))
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# NB05 Summary
print('=== NB05 Summary ===')
print()
print('H1 — Black Queen Hypothesis:')
print(f' Pathways tested: {len(testable_results)}')
print(f' Negative r (BQH direction): {n_neg} / {len(testable_results)}')
print(f' Sig. after BH-FDR (q<0.05): {n_sig} total | {n_sig_neg} BQH support | {n_sig_pos} anti-BQH')
if len(testable_results) >= 5:
print(f' Binomial sign test p-value: {binom_p:.4f}')
print()
print('H2 — Ecosystem Differentiation:')
print(f' PCA variance explained: PC1={var_exp[0]:.1%}, PC2={var_exp[1]:.1%}, PC3={var_exp[2]:.1%}')
print(f' Ecosystem groups: {dict(pca_df["ecosystem_type"].value_counts())}')
print()
print('Pathway completeness ecosystem differences (KW, significant q<0.05):')
if len(kw_df) > 0:
sig_kw = kw_df[kw_df['q'] < 0.05]
if len(sig_kw) > 0:
print(sig_kw[['aa_pathway', 'H', 'p', 'q']].sort_values('q').to_string(index=False))
else:
print(' None significant at q<0.05')
=== NB05 Summary ===
H1 — Black Queen Hypothesis:
Pathways tested: 13
Negative r (BQH direction): 11 / 13
Sig. after BH-FDR (q<0.05): 2 total | 2 BQH support | 0 anti-BQH
Binomial sign test p-value: 0.0112
H2 — Ecosystem Differentiation:
PCA variance explained: PC1=49.4%, PC2=16.6%, PC3=7.9%
Ecosystem groups: {'Soil': np.int64(126), 'Unknown': np.int64(61), 'Freshwater': np.int64(33)}
Pathway completeness ecosystem differences (KW, significant q<0.05):
aa_pathway H p q
gly 92.981660 6.445982e-21 1.160277e-19
asn 66.188610 4.239610e-15 3.815649e-14
cys 62.655205 2.480819e-14 1.488491e-13
gln 48.092199 3.605053e-11 1.622274e-10
chorismate 43.315301 3.928275e-10 1.414179e-09
lys 41.938351 7.819929e-10 2.010839e-09
thr 41.938351 7.819929e-10 2.010839e-09
met 32.555145 8.525896e-08 1.918327e-07
ser 30.029937 3.013575e-07 6.027150e-07
arg 21.429842 2.221104e-05 3.997987e-05
pro 18.132882 1.154768e-04 1.889620e-04
phe 15.794253 3.718103e-04 5.577155e-04
his 14.958148 5.647801e-04 7.820032e-04
leu 9.658927 7.990809e-03 9.588971e-03
val 9.658927 7.990809e-03 9.588971e-03
trp 8.668142 1.311405e-02 1.475330e-02
Summary and Findings¶
| Question | Finding |
|---|---|
| H1: BQH supported? | Weakly-to-moderately — direction consistent (11/13 negative); binomial sign test p = 0.011; 2/13 FDR-significant |
| H1: # sig. negative correlations (q<0.05) | 2 / 13 pathways tested: leu (r=−0.390, q=0.022) and arg (r=−0.297, q=0.049) |
| H1: strongest effect size | met (r=−0.496, n=18, q=0.117 — underpowered) |
| H1: isoleucine | r=−0.057, n=18, q=0.823 (ns; newly testable after bug fix) |
| H1: anti-BQH outlier | tyr (r=+0.419, ns) — possible phenylalanine hydroxylation alternative source |
| H1: binomial sign test | p = 0.011 (majority-negative direction significantly non-random) |
| H2: PC1 variance explained | 49.4% |
| H2: PC2 variance explained | 16.6% (total PC1–5: 83.0%) |
| H2: Soil vs Freshwater separation (PC1) | Mann-Whitney p < 0.0001; median PC1: Soil=+3.86, Freshwater=−6.28 |
| H2: Pathways driving PC1 | Carbon utilization (glucuronate 0.146, fumarate 0.144, succinate 0.143) |
| Ecosystem KW significant pathways | 17 / 18 aa pathways q<0.05; only tyr not significant (q=0.71) |