The Belly Button Biodiversity dataset catalogs the microbes that colonize human navels. In this project, I build an interactive dashboard to explore the database. The results reveal that a small handful of microbial species (also called operational taxonomic units, or OTUs, in the study) were present in more than 70% of people, while the rest were relatively rare.
Bellybutton Biodiversity (sarsteg.github.io)
Sarah Stegall-Rodriguez
Hulcr, J., Latimer, A. M., Henley, J. B., Rountree, N. R.**, Fierer, N., Lucky, A., Lowman, M. D., Dunn RR 2012. A jungle in there: bacteria in belly buttons are highly diverse, but predictable. PLoS ONE 7(11): e47712. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047712 http://robdunnlab.com/projects/belly-button-biodiversity/