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Table 3 Results for the FACS simHC metagenomic data set (105sequences, 269 bp)

From: A comparative evaluation of sequence classification programs

 

actual

CARMA

MEGAN

MetaPhyler

MG-RAST

percentage of sequence classified

 

29.0

54.4

0.2

27.1

Eukaryota

73.0

30.3

42.0

0.0

21.0

Bacteria

25.6

62.8

52.0

84.0

71.5

Viruses

1.5

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.1

Archaea

0.0

6.9

5.7

16.0

7.3

percentage of sequence misclassified

 

8.0

12.2

16.0

7.6

correlation coefficient

 

0.45

0.72

-0.09

0.26

  1. The actual distribution of sequences compared to the distribution inferred by the alignment-based programs.