10.1371/journal.pone.0033865.g002 Sanqing Yuan Sanqing Yuan Dora B. Cohen Dora B. Cohen Jacques Ravel Jacques Ravel Zaid Abdo Zaid Abdo Larry J. Forney Larry J. Forney Boxplot of Euclidean distances between observed and grand proportions. Public Library of Science 2012 euclidean distances observed 2012-03-23 01:02:03 Figure https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/_Boxplot_of_Euclidean_distances_between_observed_and_grand_proportions_/333723 <p>To calculate grand proportions, the total counts of 16S rRNA gene reads of each species were calculated for eight replicates of each method. Then grand proportions were calculated based on total counts of 16S rRNA gene reads of each species per method. Grand proportions were used to calculate Euclidean distances between observed and grand proportions.</p>