Table 1.

Summary of parameters describing the reconstructed graphs for reduction of taxa partition.

	WHOLE OTU	GENUS	FAMILY	ORDER	CLASS	PHYLUM
No. of vertices	18,503	280	139	98	73	66
No. of edges	37,356	5,776	2,268	1,155	656	407
Average degree	4.037	41.257	32.633	23.571	17.973	12.333
Graph density	<0.000	0.148	0.236	0.243	0.250	0.190
Average path length	3.713	2.118	2.042	2.053	1.916	1.960
Modularity	0.577	0.281	0.287	0.303	0.288	0.263
No. of communities	4	4	4	4	4	4