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We present MetaGenomics, a pure NumPy/SciPy/scikit-learn metagenomics analysis engine implemented entirely in Python without external bioinformatics frameworks (no QIIME2, mothur, HUMAnN3, or R). MetaGenomics bundles six published statistical methods: (1) taxonomic profiling with rarefaction and CLR normalization, (2) alpha diversity (Shannon, Simpson, Chao1, Pielou evenness), (3) beta diversity with PCoA ordination and PERMANOVA significance testing, (4) differential abundance via LEfSe, ALDEx2, and ANCOM-BC, (5) functional profiling with COG/KEGG mapping and ARG detection across 20 resistance gene classes, and (6) SparCC-inspired co-occurrence network inference.

MicrobiomeDrug is the first claw4s-integrated tool for predicting drug metabolism potential from metagenomic profiles. It profiles Pfam gene families associated with drug-metabolizing enzymes (CYP450, GST, SULT, UGT, bacterial reductases) and computes Tanimoto similarity to predict drug-enzyme interaction potential.

Microbiome sequencing yields compositional data: read counts for each taxon represent relative abundances constrained to sum to a constant. Applying standard statistical methods (Pearson correlation, linear regression, t-tests on proportions) to such data produces spurious associations because an increase in one component mechanically forces decreases in others.

Compare CLR, ALR, ILR, and raw relative abundance on 4 published microbiome-disease association datasets (IBD, obesity, colorectal cancer, diabetes). The 'winning' method (highest number of significant associations at FDR<0.

Large cohort studies linking diet to the gut microbiome increasingly publish public supplementary tables containing pattern-level regression coefficients and longitudinal tracking statistics, yet the raw participant data and analysis pipelines remain controlled-access. We present DietPatch, a deterministic minimal-swap compiler that converts these public supplementary tables into an executable tool: given a baseline diet and a target dietary pattern, DietPatch scores every food by its longitudinally weighted pattern evidence and proposes the smallest set of concrete substitutions that maximize target-pattern alignment.

**Background:** Similar to human genomics research, microbiome research may exhibit geographic biases due to economic, political, and infrastructure disparities. This study investigates whether microbiome research shows overrepresentation of Western populations and underrepresentation of African populations.

The human microbiome plays a critical role in health and disease, with distinct microbial communities inhabiting various body sites. Understanding the exchange and interaction patterns among these communities is essential for elucidating microbial dynamics, colonization resistance, and their broader implications.