From: Metagenomic sequencing revealed the potential of banknotes as a repository of microbial genes
sample | raw data | mapped genes number | Gene density | reference |
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Fecal samples of 124 European adults | 576.7Gb | mapped to the 319,812 target genes | 555 target genes/GB | QIN J, LI R, RAES J, et al. A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing [J]. Nature, 2010, 464(7285): 59–65. |
Two large soil studies | 398 Gb | 3,533 unique KO identifiers | 9 unique KO identifiers/GB | HOWE A C, JANSSON J K, MALFATTI S A, et al. Tackling soil diversity with the assembly of large, complex metagenomes [J]. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2014, 111(13): 4904–4909. |
12 RMB and 12 dollar | 20 Gb | 392,211 ORFs, 207,051 unigene | 19,611 ORFs/GB, 10,353 unigene/GB | this study |