Table 1 |
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Summary of metagenomic sequencing projects |
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| Community |
Estimated species richness |
Thousands of sequence reads |
Total DNA sequenced (Mbp) |
Sequence reads in contigs (%) |
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| Acid mine drainage |
6 |
100 |
76 |
85 |
| Deep sea whale fall |
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| Sample 1 |
150 |
38 |
25 |
43 |
| Sample 2 |
50 |
38 |
25 |
32 |
| Sample 3 |
20 |
40 |
25 |
47 |
| Sargasso Sea |
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| Samples 1-4 |
300 per sample |
1,662 |
1,361 |
61 |
| Sample 5-7 |
300 per sample |
325 |
265 |
<1 |
| Minnesota farm soil |
>3,000 |
150 |
100 |
<1 |
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Schloss and Handelsman Genome Biology 2005 6:229 doi:10.1186/gb-2005-6-8-229 |
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