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Table 3 Number and percentage of contigs of the metagenomes under study containing transitions in their taxonomic assignments.

From: Estimating the extent of horizontal gene transfer in metagenomic sequences

metagenome

Probable HGT events

wfall1

80/5269 (1.5%)

gut

37/3559 (1.0%)

soil

95/6481 (1.4%)

Sargasso

119/15552 (0.8%)

  1. Only contigs with two ORFs or more were considered. The total number of contigs considered is also shown.