Table 3.
Summary and taxonomic source of BLAST matches to 454 ESTs.
| Taxonomic category | Contigs | Singletons | Combined Set | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conifer | 1,170 | (14.1%) | 966 | (9.0%) | 1,536 | (9.8%) |
| Other plant | 4,984 | (59.9%) | 5,191 | (48.4%) | 8,309 | (53.0%) |
| Insect | 363 | (4.4%) | 1,176 | (11.0%) | 1,413 | (9.0%) |
| Fungi | 388 | (4.7%) | 1,392 | (13.0%) | 1,625 | (10.4%) |
| Protozoa | 104 | (11.3%) | 172 | (1.6%) | 240 | (1.5%) |
| Other Eukaryote | 1,208 | (14.5%) | 1,614 | (15.0%) | 2,260 | (14.4%) |
| Bacteria | 82 | (1.0%) | 199 | (1.9%) | 270 | (1.7%) |
| Virus | 16 | (0.2%) | 22 | (0.2%) | 30 | (0.2%) |
Number and percentages of unique best BLASTx matches of 454 EST contigs, singletons, and the combined sequence set to Uniref50 grouped by taxonomic category.