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. 2024 Nov 4;12:226. doi: 10.1186/s40168-024-01949-z

Table 2.

MAGqual quality evaluation categories and the completeness, contamination and rRNA/tRNA requirements

Quality Completeness Contamination rRNA/tRNA required
High  > 90%  ≤ 5%  ≥ 18 tRNA and 23S, 16S and 5S rRNA genes
Near complete  > 90%  ≤ 5% None
Medium  ≥ 50%  ≤ 10% None
Low  < 50%  ≤ 10% None
Failed -  ≥ 10% None