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The excessive zeros and compositionality of metagenomics data are two main challenges for DAA.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We propose a novel method called \u201cAnalysis of Microbiome Differential Abundance by Pooling Tobit Models\u201d (ADAPT) to overcome these two challenges. ADAPT interprets zero counts as left-censored observations to avoid unfounded assumptions and complex models. ADAPT also encompasses a theoretically justified way of selecting non-differentially abundant microbiome taxa as a reference to reveal differentially abundant taxa while avoiding false discoveries. We generate synthetic data using independent simulation frameworks to show that ADAPT has more consistent false discovery rate control and higher statistical power than competitors. 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