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Performance of various selective agar media to grow the intended organism from filtered river or beach samples. The per cent match is the ratio of target colonies (identified by BLAST analysis) to the total number of colonies successfully sequenced for that medium
| medium | target | % match (target:total) river | % match (target:total) beacha |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEI | enterococci | 63% (41/65) | 92% (13/14) |
| MTEC | E. coli | 73% (45/62) | 0% (0/14) |
| BBE or BVSA | Bacteroides spp. | 6% (2/35) | 39% (26/67) |
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