TABLE 1.

Effect of community structure and ribosomal amplification on misclassifications

Ribosomal amplification	Community structure	Avg % FP ± SDa	Avg % FN ± SDa
Low	Lognormal σ1	10.7 ± 1.9	10.8 ± 1.9
Low	Lognormal σ2	10.7 ± 0.6	10.6 ± 0.6
Low	Even	10.7 ± 0.5	10.6 ± 0.4
Medium	Lognormal σ1	8.4 ± 1.8	8.1 ± 1.8
Medium	Lognormal σ2	8.1 ± 0.7	8.1 ± 0.6
Medium	Even	8.0 ± 0.5	8.0 ± 0.6
High	Lognormal σ1	13.9 ± 1.5	14.1 ± 1.8
High	Lognormal σ2	14.0 ± 0.6	13.9 ± 0.6
High	Even	13.9 ± 0.5	14.0 ± 0.6

^aPercentages of the 5,000 input populations in 100 independent runs per simulation are shown.