calour.amplicon_experiment.AmpliconExperiment.find_lowest_taxonomy¶

AmpliconExperiment.find_lowest_taxonomy(field='taxonomy', new_field='taxa')[source]¶

Create a new column that contains the taxonomy of lowest possible level.

For example, ‘k__Bacteria; p__Firmicutes; c__Bacilli, o__Lactobacillales; f__Enterococcaceae; g__Enterococcus, s__’ will return ‘g__Enterococcus’

Parameters:	field (str) – column name that contains all levels of taxonomy new_field (str) – new column name
Returns:
Return type:	AmpliconExperiment