Table 3. Chao1 values before taxonomic merging for clustering-first pipelines, and at the family level after taxonomic merging for all pipelines, at three different complexities, on the 50k 200(V3) with error simulation datasets.
LC, MC and HC were all composed of 50 bacterial families, in varying proportions.
| Before taxonomic merging | After taxonomic merging (families) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LC | MC | HC | LC | MC | HC | |
| BMP GG | 2184 | 1066 | 2780 | 67 | 66 | 73 |
| CLARK | 73 | 64 | 78 | |||
| Kraken | 53 | 49 | 54 | |||
| mothur S | 2111 | 1167 | 2655 | 54 | 52 | 54 |
| One Codex OC | 72 | 58 | 76 | |||
| QIIME U GG | 1370 | 713 | 1780 | 69 | 66 | 72 |
| QIIME SS GG | 773 | 422 | 885 | 67 | 60 | 68 |