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Table 1. A general form of microbiome data.

	OTU₁	⋯	OTU_m	Total reads	Phenotype	Fixed factors	Random factors
Sample 1	$Z_{1}^{(1)}$	⋯	$Z_{1}^{(m)}$	T₁	Y₁	$X_{1}^{(1)}, \dots, X_{1}^{(s)}$	$W_{1}^{(1)}, \dots, W_{1}^{(t)}$
⋮	⋮	⋯	⋮	⋮	⋮	⋮	⋮
Sample n	$Z_{n}^{(1)}$	⋯	$Z_{n}^{(m)}$	T_n	Y_n	$X_{n}^{(1)}, \dots, X_{n}^{(s)}$	$W_{n}^{(1)}, \dots, W_{n}^{(t)}$