Table 3. Nucleotide coverage of full-length 16S rRNA sequence by oligonucleotides in empirical catalogs, and k-mers in e-catalogs, of Escherichia coli and Methanobacterium ruminantium M-1 (Methanobrevibacter ruminantium M1). For catalogs, see Table S1. Multiple (non-unique) instances are counted (note that Fox et al.37 do not report multiple occurrences, which in any case were rare for oligonucleotides ≥ 6). Full-length sequences are NR_102904.1 and NR_074117.1, respectively.
| 16S rRNA source | Number (empirical) | Coverage (%) | Number (e-catalog) | Coverage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 584/1542 | 37.9 | 590/1542 | 38.3 |
| M. ruminantium | 572/1436 | 39.8 | 601/1436 | 41.9 |