Table 1.
Metagenomic samples included in this study with associated metadata and summary statistics.
| Characteristic | Estuary: Puget Sound, USA | Coastal ocean: California Bight, USA | Freshwater: Atlanta, GA, USA | Marina: Puget Sound, USA | River sediment: Patancheru, India | WWTP effluent: Seattle, WA, USA | WWTP sludge: Charlotte, NC, USA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of samples | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Size fraction (μm) | 0.2–3 | 0.1–0.8, 0.8–3 | 0.22–1.6 | 0.2–3 | NA | 0.2–3 | NA |
| Depth (m) | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0a | NA | NA |
| Megabase pairs | 413 | 1,940 | 502 | 91 | 91 | 48 | 95 |
| Mean read length (bp) | 368 | 551 | 395 | 379 | 365 | 381 | 250 |
| ORFs [(mean ± SD) %] | 81.8 ± 2.1 | 69.4 ± 9.95 | 86.2 | 87.3 | 74.9 ± 0.565 | 89.7 | 89.8 |
| Pfams [(mean ± SD) %] | 40.8 ± 1.5 | 32.8 ± 8.9 | 39.8 | 45.3 | 30.5 ± 1.1 | 39.8 | 35.6 |
| SRA accession no. | SRP015952 | SRP006681 | SRA023414 | SRP015952 | SRP002078 | SRX328700 | SRA001012 |
| Reference | Port et al. 2012 | Allen et al. 2012 | Oh et al. 2011 | Port et al. 2012 | Kristiansson et al. 2011 | Port et al. 2012 | Sanapareddy et al. 2009 |
| Abbreviations: NA, not applicable; ORF, open reading frame; Pfam, protein family. aRiver sediment samples were collected at centimeters in depth along the shoreline of the river. | |||||||