Table 5.

Raw differences in counts per bin between control and test populations. Numbers in parenthesis are the ratio of the WGA amplified samples normalized to the average deviation in the unamplified replicate populations.

Halobacterium – 100 base bins
Versus Unamplified Control	Replicate 1	Replicate 2	Replicate 3	Replicate 4	GenomiPhi	Repli-G	PEP-PCR	DOP-PCR
Maximum Fold Overamplification	10	10	14	11	43 (3.8)	69 (6.1)	299 (26.6)	1633 (145.2)
Maximum Fold Underamplification	11	12	10	11	17 (1.5)	17 (1.5)	24 (2.2)	74 (6.7)
Maximum Difference in Counts per bin	27	26	31	35	67	101	299	1633
Campylobacter – 100 base bins
Versus Unamplified Control	Replicate 1	Replicate 2	Replicate 3	Replicate 4	GenomiPhi	Repli-G	PEP-PCR	DOP-PCR
Maximum Fold Overamplification	13	13	13	14	16 (1.2)	23 (1.7)	31 (2.3)	2668.5 (201.4)
Maximum Fold Underamplification	11	15	12	14	15 (1.2)	16 (1.2)	19 (1.5)	54 (4.2)
Maximum Difference in Counts per bin	18	17	15	17	23	23	6251	133
Halobacterium – 10 base bins
Versus Unamplified Control	Replicate 1	Replicate 2	Replicate 3	Replicate 4	GenomiPhi	Repli-G	PEP-PCR	DOP-PCR
Maximum Fold Overamplification	11	11	11	11	26 (2.4)	23 (2.1)	52 (4.7)	458 (41.6)
Maximum Fold Underamplification	10	9	9	12	15 (1.5)	15 (1.5)	15 (1.5)	15 (1.5)
Maximum Difference in Counts per bin	10	12	12	12	25	22	51	457
Campylobacter – 10 base bins
Versus Unamplified Control	Replicate 1	Replicate 2	Replicate 3	Replicate 4	GenomiPhi	Repli-G	PEP-PCR	DOP-PCR
Maximum Fold Overamplification	7	9	7	8	9 (1.2)	14 (1.8)	39 (5.0)	991 (127.9)
Maximum Fold Underamplification	8	7	8	7	11 (1.5)	11 (1.5)	11 (1.5)	11 (1.5)
Maximum Difference in Counts per bin	8	8	7	7	10	13	38	990