| probability cutoff for ncRNA classification |  | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | P > 0.5 | P > 0.9 | P > 0.99 |  | |||
 | Dynalign | RNAz | Dynalign | RNAz | Dynalign | RNAz | QRNA |
Known ncRNAs found (percent of total known ncRNAs in parentheses) | |||||||
E. coli (156 ncRNAs known) | 147 (94.23) | 148 (94.87) | 141 (90.38) | 140 (89.74) | 128 (82.05) | 124 (79.49) | 121 (77.56) |
S. typhi (110 ncRNAs known) | 109 (99.09) | 108 (98.18) | 107 (97.27) | 106 (96.36) | 103 (93.64) | 95 (86.36) | 100 (90.91) |
Number of contiguous, non-overlapping hits that are not known ncRNAs (i.e. novel ncRNA candidates) | |||||||
E. coli | 2,569 | 1,898 | 1,828 | 1,568 | 1,211 | 1,257 | 1,403 |
S. typhi | 3,936 | 2,503 | 2,440 | 1,986 | 1,520 | 1,520 | 1,611 |
Number of nucleotides classified as ncRNA that are not in known ncRNAs (i.e. nucleotides in novel ncRNA candidates) | |||||||
E. coli (each strand = 4,639,675 nt) | 324,033 | 275,704 | 235,227 | 221,802 | 167,157 | 174,682 | 206,840 |
S. typhi (each strand = 4,809,037 nt) | 514,650 | 387,099 | 352,039 | 296,608 | 235,018 | 220,485 | 248,724 |
Total number of nucleotides classified as ncRNA (i.e. nucleotides in both known and unknown ncRNAs) | |||||||
E. coli (each strand = 4,639,675 nt) | 385,611 | 332,000 | 292,940 | 270,267 | 220,352 | 209,807 | 242,534 |
S. typhi (each strand = 4,809,037 nt) | 570,994 | 436,137 | 405,022 | 338,254 | 283,999 | 250,610 | 283,508 |