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Table 1 Simulated datasets characteristics

From: Beware to ignore the rare: how imputing zero-values can improve the quality of 16S rRNA gene studies results

 

Dataset 1

Dataset 2

Dataset 3

Groups

14

8

12

Samples

140

80

120

Replicates

10

10

10

Features

3326

758

1140

Sequencing depth (range)

16,347–995,050

2763–97,612

30,165–293,285

Sparsity level

72.56%

67.91%

94.34%

  1. With “Groups” we indicate experimental conditions, while with “Replicates” we identify the samples belonging to the same experimental condition