Table 3 Bacillariophyta sequence lengths in shotgun and amplicon datasets.

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 (covered bases)

Amplicon (covered bases)

 

Average

StDev

Average

StDev

Average

StDev

Average

StDev

Bacillariophyta (all samples)

60

15

76

1

59

16

76

1

1.25 mbsf

64

14

76

1

64

13

76

1

4.35 mbsf

58

9

76

1

54

4

76

1

7.35 mbsf

59

15

76

1

62

16

76

1

11.85 mbsf

59

17

76

1

52

17

76

1

16.45 mbsf

60

16

76

1

56

16

76

1

  1. Averages and standard deviations (StDev) for all reads assigned to Bacillariophyta (read lengths and bases covered), overall (all samples) and for each individual sample (mbsf = metres below seafloor).
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