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  • Microbiome research
  • Bioinformatics
  • Data analysis

Background:

  • Dimensionality reduction is essential for microbiome studies.
  • Microbiome data presents unique challenges like sparsity and compositionality.
  • Effective visualization and statistical analysis depend on these techniques.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review dimensionality reduction techniques for microbiome data.
  • To discuss the challenges and strategies for handling microbiome data characteristics.
  • To highlight successful applications and areas for future development.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on dimensionality reduction in microbiome studies.
  • Categorization of different dimensionality reduction strategies.
  • Analysis of data characteristics influencing technique selection.

Main Results:

  • Various dimensionality reduction methods are applicable to microbiome data.
  • Sparsity and compositionality are key challenges requiring specific approaches.
  • Successful applications demonstrate the utility of these techniques.

Conclusions:

  • Further development is needed, particularly integrating phylogenetic analysis.
  • Techniques must address sparsity, compositionality, and non-normality.
  • Wider adoption of current advanced methods is recommended for future microbiome analyses.