Table 1 Total OTU counts in functional and abundance-based groupings and % of all reads that each grouping accounts for.

From: Fungal community shifts in soils with varied cover crop treatments and edaphic properties

Grouping Type

OTU Grouping

Abundance

Number of OTUs

% of Total OTUs (12275)

Average % of Total Reads

Functional Grouping

Insect Pathogens

All

114

0.9

0.168

Rare only

114

0.9

Abundant only

0

0

AM fungi

All

646

5.3

3.332

Rare only

639

5.2

Abundant only

7

0.01

Abundance Grouping

Rare

 

11358

92.5

6.064

Abundant

 

917

7.5

93.832

Core

 

276

2.2

78.951

All

 

12275

100

100

  1. Functional groupings are also divided into “rare” and “abundant” based on whether the OTU was <0.1% abundant across all samples.