Assessing predictive power of phyloecological clustering.

<p>We added five new species to the dataset and preformed hierarchical clustering with the established parameters. The new species became a part of the clusters defined with similar environmental conditions as it is found in their respective niches. One archaeon joined the “red” cluster with other mesophilic methanogens; two species merged with the members of halophilic ”blue” cluster; and two hyperthermoacidophilic organisms became members of the corresponding “yellow” cluster.