Table 1. Topological parameters of the network of bacterial and fungal communities.
Topological parameters | Description | Bacterial | Fungal |
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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 |