Table 1 The 5 most stable interactions recovered by iRF with the highest NSE during prediction for each OTU.

From: A novel random forest approach to revealing interactions and controls on chlorophyll concentration and bacterial communities during coastal phytoplankton blooms

Octadecabacter 1

NSE: 0.266

Octadecabacter 2

NSE: 0.440

Marine group II

NSE: − 0.040

Interaction

Precision

Interaction

Precision

Interaction

Precision

Example II top 5 interactions

DA+_Ps-nt Seri−

0.787

N−_Si−

0.796

Chl-a−_Ps-nt Seri+

0.852

DA+_Si−

0.754

Chl-a+_Si−

0.731

Chl-a−_WTMP−

0.800

Ps-nt Seri−_Si−

0.586

Si−_WTMP+

0.727

Chl-a−_DA+

0.770

DA−_Si−

0.523

Chl-a+_N−

0.634

Chl-a−_DA−

0.532

DA+_Ps-nt Seri+

0.690

N-_WTMP+

0.625

Chl-a−_Ps-nt Seri−

0.531

Polaribacter 2

NSE: 0.813

Flavobacteriaceae 1

NSE: 0.736

Loktanella

NSE: 0.529

Cryomorphaceae 2

NSE: 0.434

Interaction

Precision

Interaction

Precision

Interaction

Precision

Interaction

Precision

Ps-nt Seri+_WTMP−

0.684

Ps-nt Seri+_Si−

0.766

Si−_WTMP+

0.698

N−_Si−

0.751

N+_Ps−nt Seri+

0.666

Si−_WTMP-

0.725

N−_WTMP+

0.684

Chl-a−_Si−

0.716

Ps-nt Seri+_Si+

0.647

N−_Ps-nt Seri+

0.707

N−_Si-

0.663

Si−_WTMP−

0.702

N−_Ps−nt Seri+

0.643

N−_WTMP−

0.664

N−_NH4−

0.638

Chl-a+_Si−

0.667

DA−_Ps-nt Seri+

0.611

N−_Si−

0.571

NH4−_Si−

0.590

Ps-nt Seri+_Si−

0.846

Candidatus Portiera

NSE: − 0.742

Flavobacteriaceae 2

NSE: 0.178

Idiomarina

NSE: − 0.073

Persicirhabdus

NSE: 0.457

Interaction

Precision

Interaction

Precision

Interaction

Precision

Interaction

Precision

NH4−_Si−

0.674

N−_Si−

0.893

Chl-a−_Ps-nt Seri−

0.617

Ps-nt Seri+_WTMP+

0.875

NH4−_Ps-nt Seri−

0.646

N−_NH4−

0.849

Chl-a−_WTMP+

0.596

Ps-nt Seri+_Si−

0.861

Chl−a+_Si−

0.575

Chl−a+_N−

0.703

N+_Ps−nt Seri−

0.577

NH4−_Si−

0.815

Ps-nt Seri−_Si−

0.559

Chl-a−_N−

0.662

Alx Spp. −_Ps-nt Seri−

0.552

NH4−_Ps-nt Seri+

0.767

Chl−a+_Ps-nt Seri−

0.550

N−_Ps-nt Seri−

0.762

Ps-nt Seri−_WTMP+

0.551

Alx Spp.+_Ps-nt Seri+

0.760

  1. The direction of change is indicate by the + or the − sign.