Fig 2. Relative abundance of different species detected in each of the pools by each of the groups following 24 hours of sequencing.

Group 2 performed the analysis using both the Rapid (SQK-RBK004—RAP) and Rapid PCR (SQK-RPB004—PCR) barcoding sequencing kits, on separate flowcells. The log10 number of reads detected in each of the samples is described along the right axis. The Rapid PCR sequencing conducted by Group 2 produced so many reads, it was stopped after 8 hours of sequencing.