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Table 4 Validation of Results: Gq

From: Flexible taxonomic assignment of ambiguous sequencing reads

metric

length

∑ D i

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

G q [16S]

100

0.096

-0.42

-0.13

-0.06

-0.01

0.01

0.03

0.05

0.07

0.08

0.09

0.00

 

150

0.048

-0.32

-0.14

-0.09

-0.05

-0.02

-0.00

0.01

0.02

0.03

0.04

0.00

 

200

0.028

-0.24

-0.13

-0.09

-0.06

-0.04

-0.02

-0.01

0.00

0.01

0.03

0.00

G q

[V1-V2]

100

0.036

-0.23

-0.12

-0.08

-0.04

-0.03

-0.01

0.00

0.01

0.02

0.03

0.00

 

150

0.015

-0.16

-0.11

-0.08

-0.05

-0.04

-0.02

-0.01

-0.00

0.00

0.01

0.00

 

200

0.005

-0.09

-0.05

-0.01

-0.00

-0.00

-0.00

-0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

  1. Sum of distances G q for each value of q in simulations using the full-length 16S rRNA gene sequence (top) and the V1-V2 hypervariable region (bottom) for reads of length 100, 150, and 200 bp. The column ∑ D i indicates the best sum of distances achieved.