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Identifying microbial guilds on the basis of ecological patterns

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Ensemble quotient optimization (EQO) uses patterns of variation in species abundance and ecosystem functions across microbial communities to identify microbial guilds in a systematic, objective manner. EQO is robust in recovering functional groups in soil, ocean and animal-gut microbial communities.

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Fig. 1: Schematic illustration of EQO.

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This is a summary of: Shan, X., Goyal, A., Gregor, R. & Cordero, O. X. Annotation-free discovery of functional groups in microbial communities. Nat. Ecol. Evol., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02021-z (2023).

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