Table 1 Number of distinct taxonomic ranks identified by PhyloChip in comparison to clone library sequencing of a pool of 96 clones from each sample (n=477)
From: Bacterial profiling of White Plague Disease in a comparative coral species framework
Taxonomic rank (% cutoff) | Clones classified in Greengenes database (2011) | Clones detected by PhyloChip | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |
Phylum (⩾80%) | 474 | 99.37 | 475 | 99.58 |
Class (⩾85%) | 266 | 55.77 | 267 | 55.97 |
Order (⩾90%) | 254 | 53.25 | 254 | 53.25 |
Family (⩾92%) | 249 | 52.20 | 248 | 51.99 |
Subfamily (⩾94%) | 230 | 48.22 | 228 | 47.80 |
OTU (⩾97%) | 200 | 41.93 | 185 | 38.78 |
unclassified | 3 | 0.63 | 2 | 0.42 |
