Table 2 Lengths and coverage of sequences assigned to Eukaryota and Bacillariophyta in shotgun and amplicon data.

From: Paleo-diatom composition from Santa Barbara Basin deep-sea sediments: a comparison of 18S-V9 and diat-rbcL metabarcoding vs shotgun metagenomics

 

Shotgun (read length)

Amplicon (read length)

Shotgun (bases covered)

Amplicon (bases covered)

 

Average

StDev

Average

StDev

Average

StDev

Average

StDev

Eukaryota

All samples

112

28

161

13

89

28

132

19

1.25 mbsf

110

26

169

4

99

27

149

4

4.35 mbsf

118

27

161

14

79

33

127

18

7.35 mbsf

109

28

161

13

86

34

126

16

11.85 mbsf

122

32

156

14

85

38

120

17

16.45 mbsf

118

28

160

13

92

35

124

15

Bacillariophyta

All samples

124

27

167

2

88

23

130

1

1.25 mbsf

119

19

168

0

86

15

130

0

4.35 mbsf

143

31

167

2

85

27

129

2

7.35 mbsf

112

13

167

2

98

17

130

1

11.85 mbsf

116

25

167

3

94

27

130

1

16.45 mbsf

123

21

167

2

99

23

130

1

  1. Listed are lengths (Average and Standard Deviation, StDev) and coverage (bases covered) of sequences assigned to Eukaryota (top) and Bacillariophyta (bottom) after alignment to the V9_PR2 database.
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