* Please note: The non-microbial insights in the PRO Gut Health Test reflect reference ranges for 3 years old and above. These insights are not for children under age 3.
Taxonomy & functions
We use functional profiling along with relative abundance to determine the microbes functions: what they’re actually doing in the body.
Species detection
Each sample screens for 120,000+ bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoan parasites– down to a 0.05% relative abundance.
CLIA-CAP certified
All Tiny Health tests are processed in a US Based CLIA-certified and CAP-certified lab, assuring the highest quality standards.
Shotgun sequencing
Through metagenomic sequencing, Tiny Health uses the nucleic acids in microbial DNA to identify all microbes present in the sample.
The PRO Gut Health Test Includes both:
Microbial shotgun sequencing
- Relative abundance
- Microbial functional capacity
- Gut inflammation index
- Health condition signatures
- Actions for rebalancing, restoring and optimizing gut health
Non-microbial stool chemistry
- Digestion/absorption markers: Elastase, fat stain, carbohydrates
- Immunology: Secretory IgA
- SCFA concentrations: Butyrate, acetate, propionate, valerate
- Inflammation markers: Lactoferrin, lysozyme, calprotectin
- Intestinal health markers: pH, beta-glucuronidase, occult blood
Who should take the PRO test?
With the additional PRO Gut Health Test insights you'll be able to:
Non-microbial test
Harness the full potential of a healthy diet
- Understand if food is being absorbed with stool fat and carbohydrate composition
- Assess impairments in digestive functioning with enzymes like elastase and SCFA concentrations
- Illuminate contributing factors to symptoms or underlying causes of nutritional deficiencies
Non-microbial test
Assess colonic inflammation and gut barrier function
- Measure gut inflammation directly with immune cell derived inflammatory markers
- Monitor changes in inflammatory gut conditions with markers like lactoferrin and calprotectin
- Assess immune system potential to protect the gut with secretory-IgA and lysozyme
Non-microbial test
Monitor gut metrics related to health
- Assess microbial contribution to detoxification and metabolism of hormones, medications, and environmental toxins with beta-glucuronidase
- Build resilience by establishing a healthy gut pH
- Identify areas for additional follow-up with occult blood
With the microbial shotgun sequencing test you’ll get:
Microbial shotgun sequencing
Most comprehensive relative abundances
- 20,000 genomes of bacteria, fungi, viruses, archaea, and parasites
- Accuracy down to 0.05% of the community
- Community state type
- 120,000 genomes of bacteria, fungi, viruses, archaea, and parasites.
- Accuracy down to 0.05% of the community
- Age specific ranges that reflect your patients age and microbiome needs
About shotgun metagenomics
Microbial shotgun sequencing
Functional insights
Condition related insights
- Assess the capacity of the microbiome to perform different functions from digestion of HMOs, fibers and complex sugars to production of SCFAs
- The most specific dietary and supplement recommendations tailored specifically to your patient's needs
- Identify microbes that frequently show up in common vaginal infections, such as bacterial vaginosis and yeast infection.
- Build resilience in the vaginal microbiome to reduce recurrent infections with evidence based recommendations
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Microbial shotgun sequencing
Predictive microbiome biomarkers
Fertility and pregnancy
- Microbiome signatures: Check for communities of microbes linked to inflammatory conditions
- Gut inflammation indexes: Combines abundance and functional metrics to assess inflammation and gut lining health
- Associations: View lists of microbes associated with a wide range of conditions from the most recently available research
- Recommendations for gut friendly action to manage symptoms to add to your own resource toolkit
- Microbiome signatures: Check for communities of microbes linked to preterm delivery
- Prepare for microbial seeding at birth by optimizing the vaginal microbiome
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