Format the phyloseq object to add the best taxonomy in phyloseq object (tax_table).

format_phyloseq(x)

Arguments

x

phyloseq-class object

Value

phyloseq-class object.

Details

Most commonly it is observed that the taxonomy file has classification until a given taxonomic level. Hence, to avoid loss of OTU information while using the function tax_glom() for merging at a specific taxonomic level. we will fill the empty cells with the maximum classification available along with the OTU number. This code is a slight modification of the code from ampvis phyloseq-class. Here, we directly take the phyloseq object as input and make the necessary formatting.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
    library(microbiome)
    library(microbiomeutilities)
    data("zackular2014")
    p0 <- zackular2014
    p0.f <- format_phyloseq(p0)
    head(tax_table(p0.f))

# }