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Table 6 Comparison of Gene abundance of fecal samples, soil, sea water and this study

From: Metagenomic sequencing revealed the potential of banknotes as a repository of microbial genes

sample

raw data

mapped genes number

Gene density

reference

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