Table 3 The performance of i-rDNA algorithm in six different simulated metagenomic scenarios.
Source of the query sequence | Percentage of 16S rDNA gene fragments correctly identified by i-rDNA algorithm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Length of the query sequences | |||
| Â | 800 bp | 400 bp | 250 bp | 100 bp |
New species | 96.4 | 94.1 | 91.3 | 85.3 |
New genus | 94.5 | 91.3 | 85.3 | 71.2 |
New family | 93.5 | 90.2 | 84.1 | 70.6 |
New order | 92.3 | 90.1 | 84.8 | 70.6 |
New class | 91.0 | 90.0 | 83.8 | 70.0 |
New phylum | 89.2 | 88.4 | 82.4 | 69.5 |