ntaxa {phyloseq} | R Documentation

## Get the number of taxa/species.

### Description

Get the number of taxa/species.

### Usage

    ntaxa(physeq)

    ## S4 method for signature 'ANY'
    ntaxa(physeq)

    ## S4 method for signature 'phyloseq'
    ntaxa(physeq)

    ## S4 method for signature 'otu_table'
    ntaxa(physeq)

    ## S4 method for signature 'taxonomyTable'
    ntaxa(physeq)

    ## S4 method for signature 'phylo'
    ntaxa(physeq)

    ## S4 method for signature '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))

[Package phyloseq version 1.28.0 Index]