Table 1 Correction factors for both 16S and 18S sequences.

From: Characterizing organisms from three domains of life with universal primers from throughout the global ocean

SEQUENCING RUN

16S BIOANAYZER

18S BIOANALYZER

16S FRACTION BIOANALYZER

18S FRACTION BIOANALYZER

16S SEQUENCES

18S SEQUENCES

16S FRACTION SEQUENCES

18S FRACTION SEQUENCES

16S CORRECTION FACTOR

18S CORRECTION FACTOR

SOUTHERN OCEANS

1340.0

335.1

0.800

0.199

29501073

3462334

0.894

0.105

0.89

1.90

GRADIENTS 1, 2

3292.0

638.5

0.837

0.162

101174114

7014632

0.935

0.064

0.90

2.51

P16N, P16S

6162.1

2182.8

0.738

0.261

42116230

3082200

0.931

0.068

0.79

3.84

GA03, GP13

2052.0

434.0

0.82

0.17

24433763

734205

0.970

0.029

0.85

5.98

I8, I9

6162.1

2185.2

0.738

0.261

40226353

224586

0.947

0.052

0.78

4.95

GA02, GA10

124014.1

34444.1

0.782

0.217

21661905

678869

0.969

0.030

0.81

7.15

AMT 19, AMT 20, POTATOE

5969.3

1361.0

0.814

0.18

11250567

226122

0.980

0.019

0.83

9.42

FRAM, MOSAIC

NA

NA

NA

NA

24349430

2035473

0.922

0.077

0.89

1.90

  1. All Bioanalyzer data are in units nmole/L, except for Southern Oceans and Gradients which are pmole/L.