Table 3.

Comparison of Quantifying Six E. oli Genomes Using Different Approaches

Strain	55989	REL606	E24377A	IAI1	MG1655	SE11
Relative abundance	1	2	3	4	5	6
Reads uniquely mapped to individuals	84,143	80,382	86,051	85,774	82,876	87,745
Naive method	32.2	34.25	34.09	35.99	35.23	35.41
Estimated abundance (unique region approach)	7.96	18.57	27.12	36.53	44.16	52.94
Estimated abundance (redundant approach)	8.51	20.21	29.02	40.90	51.15	58.92