Table 4 Range of percent improvement using CONSTAX
From: CONSTAX: a tool for improved taxonomic resolution of environmental fungal ITS sequences
Taxnomic Ranka | Percent Increaseb | ITS1-Soil | ITS2-Soil | ITS1-Plant | ITS2-Plant | ITS1-BCc | ITS2-BCc | ITS1-UNc,d | ITS2-UNc,d | Mean Increase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kingdom | max. | 0.00 | 0.00 (1.60) | 0.00 (0.20) | 0.00 | 0.00 (1.00) | 0.00 (0.20) | 0.00 (2.20) | 0.00 | 0.81 (1.14) |
min. | 0.40 | 3.00 | 1.40 | 0.20 | 3.60 | 1.40 | 2.60 | 0.40 | ||
Phylum | max. | 0.47 | 1.29 | 4.46 (5.25) | 2.84 | 6.05 | 1.70 | 5.57 (7.62) | 2.76 | 6.83 (6.50) |
min. | 5.21 (4.03) | 13.18 (5.43) | 17.06 | 18.01 | 11.46 | 12.24 | 11.73 | 8.90 | ||
Class | max. | 1.58 | 1.83 | 0.93 | 4.89 | 3.04 | 0.84 | 3.98 | 3.70 | 8.56 (5.36) |
min. | 9.23 (2.11) | 24.77 (7.65) | 21.98 (18.27) | 26.63 (22.28) | 18.26 (8.70) | 9.28 (5.49) | 13.94 (5.98) | 9.26 (5.19) | ||
Order | max. | 1.69 | 2.47 | 0.33 | 2.58 | 2.48 | 1.40 | 5.75 | 3.23 | 10.94 (5.73) |
min. | 11.83 (4.79) | 27.21 (6.71) | 37.42 (20.86) | 42.58 (24.52) | 19.31 (7.92) | 7.44 (5.58) | 19.91 (8.85) | 11.29 (4.03) | ||
Family | max. | 1.36 | 3.54 | 2.47 | 3.16 | 1.86 | 1.10 | 6.88 | 6.13 | 15.72 (6.43) |
min. | 13.9 (1.69) | 30.81 (6.57) | 58.02 (22.63) | 61.05 (26.32) | 20.50 (9.94) | 11.60 (6.08) | 32.80 (8.99) | 27.83 (7.08) | ||
Genus | max. | 2.56 | 6.25 | 2.51 | 5.33 | 2.40 | 1.89 | 9.15 | 9.03 | 27.06 (9.04) |
min. | 28.21 (3.85) | 53.13 (8.59) | 88.94 (37.69) | 85.33 (36.00) | 31.20 (7.20) | 35.22 (10.69) | 63.38 (10.56) | 62.58 (9.03) | ||
Species | max. | 5.65 | 8.51 | 2.70 | 1.92 | 3.19 | 1.83 | 9.28 | 13.68 | 34.65 (13.20) |
min. | 52.42 (16.13) | 65.96 (14.89) | 98.65 (47.97) | 96.15 (51.92) | 41.49 (9.57) | 51.38 (21.10) | 81.44 (11.34) | 89.47 (17.89) |