intersect_taxa {phyloseq} | R Documentation

## Returns the intersection of species and samples for the components of x

### Description

This function is used internally as part of the infrastructure to ensure that component data types in a phyloseq-object have exactly the same taxa/species. It relies heavily on the `Reduce` function to determine the strictly common species.

### Usage

    intersect_taxa(x)

### Arguments

`x` | (Required). A `phyloseq-class` object that contains 2 or more components that in-turn describe species/taxa.

### Value

Returns a character vector of only those species that are present in all species-describing components of `x`.

### See Also

`Reduce`, `intersect`

### Examples

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    ## data(GlobalPatterns)
    ## head(intersect_taxa(GlobalPatterns), 10)

[Package phyloseq version 1.28.0 Index]