Extended Data Fig. 4: Comparison of beta-diversity metrics deriving from OTU and ASV binning approaches.

a, Pearson correlation between R² values of explanatory factors from PERMANOVA tests with ASV and OTU datasets for bacteria, fungi and oomycetes (n = 10, see Supplementary Table 3). Each dot represents an explanatory factor and Pearson’s r values are indicated. b, Pearson correlation between R² values of explanatory factors from PERMANOVA tests with ASVs and OTUs datasets for bacteria, fungi and oomycetes (n = 6, see Supplementary Table 5). Each dot represents an explanatory factor and each line represents the correlation between R² values for a specific compartment. Pearson’s r values for each compartment are indicated. c, Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) of Bray-Curtis distances using ASVs data. Bacterial, fungal and oomycetal communities from soil, rhizosphere (RS), rhizoplane (RP) and root samples are shown with different colours. Samples from Swedish sites are indicated by open circles. d, Mantel test results of the correlation between Bray-Curtis distance matrices computed based on ASV and OTU datasets.