| D2K | Construct kernel matrix from distance metric |
| KRV | Kernel RV Coefficient Test |
| MiRKAT | Microbiome Regression-based Kernel Association Test |
| MiRKATS | Microbiome Regression-based Kernel Association Test for Survival |
| MMiRKAT | Multivariate Microbiome Regression-based Kernel Association Test |
| throat.meta | Meta data of the throat microbiome samples |
| throat.otu.tab | OTU count table from 16S sequencing of the throat microbiome samples |
| throat.tree | UPGMA tree of the OTUs from 16S sequencing of the throat microbiome samples |