Table 3 Primer bias, i.e., percentage of confident genera that would be missed by each of the six primers.
Primer | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | 0% | 36% | 42% | 11% | 45% | 39% | 50% | 32% | 33% | 30% |
B | 0% | 54% | 47% | 44% | 58% | 50% | 80% | 55% | 58% | 26% |
C | 0% | 7% | 15% | 11% | 5% | 0% | 10% | 2% | 9% | 13% |
D | 0% | 39% | 29% | 33% | 18% | 44% | 30% | 21% | 21% | 30% |
E | 0% | 75% | 35% | 44% | 42% | 56% | 40% | 47% | 36% | 52% |
F | 0% | 21% | 35% | 56% | 21% | 17% | 15% | 21% | 12% | 26% |
No. of genus | 4 | 28 | 62 | 9 | 38 | 18 | 20 | 47 | 33 | 23 |