Table 1.

Comparison of Quantifying Five E. coli Genomes Using Different Approaches

Strain	MG1655	IAI1	Sakai	UMN026	CFT073
Relative abundance	0	1	2	3	4
Reads uniquely mapped to individuals	156,429	160,321	172,985	185,128	188,202
Naive method	39.06	39.52	36.45	41.23	41.68
Estimated abundance (unique region approach)	1.19	20.46	33.59	60.49	81.21
Estimated abundance (redundant approach)	0.81	14.90	34.13	57.17	83.93