get_topn: Extract the top _n_ OTUs from a phyloseq-object

In wsteenhu/microbiomer: Package Containing Utility-functions to Work with Microbiota-data

Description

Extract the top n OTUs from a phyloseq-object

Usage

get_topn(ps, n = 15, residuals = TRUE)

Arguments

ps	phyloseq-object.
n	number of OTUs to extract; ranking based on mean (relative) abundance.
residuals	include residuals (logical). Default: TRUE

Value

Returns a phyloseq-object only containing the top n OTUs. This function is mainly used in the context of plotting functions.

Examples

data(ps_NP)
get_topn(ps_NP)

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