Table 3 In silico 18S V4 taxonomic resolution of host-associated protozoa and helminths

From: VESPA: an optimized protocol for accurate metabarcoding-based characterization of vertebrate eukaryotic endosymbiont and parasite assemblages

  

Count

Percent

 

Total unique sequences

1 species

>1 species

>1 genus

1 species

>1 species

>1 genus

Blastocystis

141

139

2

0

0.986

0.014

0.000

Ciliophora

772

770

2

0

0.997

0.003

0.000

Apicomplexa

1476

1458

17

1

0.988

0.012

0.001

Amoebazoa

317

316

1

0

0.997

0.003

0.000

Acanthocephala

72

69

3

0

0.958

0.042

0.000

Platyhelminthes

531

517

6

8

0.974

0.011

0.015

Nematoda

460

435

21

4

0.946

0.046

0.009

  1. Third and sixth columns represent species-level resolution.
  2. See Supplementary Table 2 for full list of unresolved species.
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