Table 1.

Summary table of the different datasets used in this study with information on biome type, taxonomic rank used for the analysis, corresponding number of taxa, number of samples and analyses performed on the dataset: comparison of the correlation and taxonomic trees (Tree), creation of synthetic datasets (Simulations), or impact of the tree on differential abundance procedures (DA).

Dataset	Biome	Rank	Taxa	Samples	Analysis	Publication
Chlamydiae	Varied	OTU	21	26	Tree & DA	Caporaso et al., 2011
Ravel	Vaginal	Genus	40	396	Tree	Ravel et al., 2011
Wu	Gut	OTU	400	98	Simulations	Wu et al., 2011
Zeller	Gut	Genus	119	199	Tree & DA	Zeller et al., 2014
Zeller MSP	Gut	MSP	878	199	DA	Zeller et al., 2014
Chaillou	Food	OTU	499/97	64	Tree & DA	Chaillou et al., 2015
Brito	Gut	OTU	77	112	Simulations	Brito et al., 2016