The first row of statistics for each group structure represents the test across the all groups comprised in that dataset, and the “pairs” column shows statistics for pairwise comparisons within the re
SIMPER results showing the average dissimilarities (Av. Diss.) and the taxa that contributed (Cont%) with more than 10% to the observed differences between any pair of compared regions.
Typical data in a microbiome study consist of the operational taxonomic unit (OTU) counts that have the characteristic of excess zeros, which are often ignored by investigators. In this paper, we comp