Table 3 Comparison of 6 commonly used traditional filtering method with MI-based filtering method for Mock community data set in [7]
From: Filtering ASVs/OTUs via mutual information-based microbiome network analysis
Filtering method | # Taxa preserved | Filtered% | Preserved contamination% |
|---|---|---|---|
Traditional 1-0.1% | 8 | 82.6 | 2.6 |
Traditional 1-1% | 7 | 84.8 | 0.0 |
Traditional 1-5% | 7 | 84.8 | 0.0 |
Traditional 2 | 10 | 78.3 | 7.7 |
Traditional 3 | 19 | 58.7 | 30.8 |
Traditional 4 | 18 | 60.9 | 28.2 |
MI-based | 7 | 84.8 | 0.00 |