Table 4 Major topological properties of functional molecular ecological networks (fMENs) of soil microbial communities under non-planting and planting treatments.

From: Planting increases the abundance and structure complexity of soil core functional genes relevant to carbon and nitrogen cycling

Community

No. of original genesa

Similarity threshold (St)

Network size (n)b

Total links

Average connectivity (avgK)

Modularity (no. of modules)

Non-planting (whole)

612

0.95

348

671

3.86

0.80 (53)

Planting (whole)

2829

0.96

1834

7585

8.27

0.89 (169)

Non-planting (C)

100

0.88

58

56

1.93

0.80 (16)

Planting (C)

470

0.89

354

911

5.15

0.83 (25)

Non-planting (N)

78

0.86

45

82

3.64

0.39(8)

Planting (N)

318

0.86

272

634

4.66

0.79(28)

  1. aThe total number of genes used for constructing a functional molecular ecological network.
  2. bThe total number of nodes in a functional molecular ecological network.
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