phyloseq (version 1.16.2)

ntaxa: Get the number of taxa/species.

Description

Get the number of taxa/species.

Usage

ntaxa(physeq)
## S3 method for class 'ANY':
ntaxa(physeq)
## S3 method for class 'phyloseq':
ntaxa(physeq)
## S3 method for class 'otu_table':
ntaxa(physeq)
## S3 method for class 'taxonomyTable':
ntaxa(physeq)
## S3 method for class 'phylo':
ntaxa(physeq)
## S3 method for class 'XStringSet':
ntaxa(physeq)

Arguments

physeq

phyloseq-class, otu_table-class, taxonomyTable-class, or phylo

Value

• An integer indicating the number of taxa / species.

See Also

taxa_names

Examples

data("esophagus")
ntaxa(esophagus)
phy_tree(esophagus)
ntaxa(phy_tree(esophagus))