Linear-regression-based algorithms can succeed at identifying microbial functional groups despite the nonlinearity of ecological function

• Yuanchen Zhao,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, the People’s Republic of China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4349-2889

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• Otto X. Cordero,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Mikhail Tikhonov

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tikhonov@wustl.edu

  Affiliation Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9558-1121

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