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. 2020 Sep 22;15(1):228–244. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-00777-x

Table 2.

Impact on network metrics of the removal of Unknown OTUs from the network.

Environment Degree Betweenness Closeness Proportion of Unknown OTUs out of 20 top hubs
Hot Springs ↓ (F, G) ↓ (G) n.s. 40%
Hypersaline n.s. ↓ (G) ↑ (P to F) 100%
Deep Sea ↓ (all) ↓ (F, G) ↓ (F) 20%
Polar ↓ (all) ↓ (P to G) ↑ (P to G) 90%

Downward pointing arrow: significant decrease; upward pointing arrow: significant increase.

P Phylum, F Family, G Genus, all all taxonomic levels, n.s. not significant.