Figure 8

Monosaccharide ring type distributions. The distribution of residue ring type (pyranose, furanose, linear, unknown) is shown schematically for various taxonomic groups. A. For taxonomy Set 1 the areas of the colored bars are proportional to the absolute occurrences (numbers shown) of a given ring type in each taxonomic group. The vertical scale is expanded in the inset. B. For taxonomy Set 2 two different ways of viewing the data are presented. (1) For a given ring type the area or height of each colored bar in a stack represents the relative abundance (%) of that ring type for each of the taxonomic groups, normalized to the total occurrence of that ring type across all groups (stack height = 100% for each ring type). Thus, the bar heights within a stack represent the distribution of a single ring type across all taxonomic groups. (2) The number labeled in each bar represents the frequency (in %) of residues with the corresponding ring type within the bar's taxonomic group, normalized to the total number of residues for that group. The numbers sum horizontally to 100% for each taxonomic group (color) and, therefore, represent the distribution of the different ring types within an individual group.