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. 2014 Aug 11;9(8):e104996. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104996

Table 4. RELATE comparison of Bray-Curtis similarity matrices.

Taxonomic level Spearman rank coefficient Metabolic level Spearman rank coefficient
phylum 0.887 level 1 0.652
class 0.944 level 2 0.958
order 0.959 level 3 0.967
family 0.940 functions 0.969
genus 0.965
species 0.966

The Bray-Curtis similarity matrices calculated from square root transformed abundance of DNA fragments generated based on full datasets and sub-sampled datasets.