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. 2019 Sep 17;7:e7715. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7715

Table 1. Topological parameters of the network of bacterial and fungal communities.

Topological parameters Description Bacterial Fungal
Number of nodes Number of OTUs in the network 904 238
Number of edges (in total) Strong and significant correlations 21,463 1,348
Number of edges (positive) Positive correlations 18,419 1,253
Number of edges (negative) Negative correlations 3,044 95
Clustering coefficient The fraction of observed vs. possible clusters for each node 0.440 0.451
Characteristic path length The median of the means of the shortest path lengths connecting each vertex to all other vertices 2.887 3.829
Network density The ratio of the number of edges and the number of possible edges 0.053 0.048
Network heterogeneity Density distribution of connections between nodes 0.929 1.107
Modularity Tendency of a network to contain sub-clusters of nodes 0.52 0.599