Table 3.
The Human Microbiome Dataset and time required for analysisa.
| Blast/mBLAST | Samples | Sequences | Aligned to KEGG+c and/or UNIREF100 (days) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| analysis | Body Region | Body site | (#) | (Millions) | BLAST | mBLAST |
| BLASTX and mBLASTX (metabolic profiling) | Nasal Cavity | Anterior_nares | 88 | 141 | 1,351.30 | 0.8 |
| Oral Cavity | Buccal_mucosa | 109 | 1,344 | 12,882.90 | 7.9 | |
| Supragingival_plaque | 116 | 6,651 | 63,741.40 | 39.3 | ||
| Tongue_dorsum | 125 | 10,630 | 101,875.50 | 62.7 | ||
| GI Tractb | Stool | 139 | 14,472 | 138,689.70 | 85.4 | |
| Vaginal Tract | Posterior_fornix | 54 | 250 | 2,396.50 | 1.5 | |
| TBLASTX and mTBALSTX (virus discovery) | Nasal Cavity | Anterior_nares | 88 | 94 | 2,122.60 | 0.3 |
| Oral Cavity | Buccal_mucosa | 109 | 527 | 11,875.00 | 1.8 | |
| Supragingival_plaque | 116 | 3,006 | 67,747.90 | 10.4 | ||
| Tongue_dorsum | 125 | 4,986 | 112,351.40 | 17.3 | ||
| GI Tractb | Stool | 139 | 5,615 | 126,535.30 | 19.5 | |
| Vaginal Tract | Posterior_fornix | 54 | 57 | 1,279.20 | 0.2 | |
| BLASTP and mBLASTP (ORF annotation) | All body site ORFs | 631 | 90 | 924.8 | 1.2 | |
a
The timing is based on performance using Large machine (dual socket-quad Nehalem core 48 GB memory);
b
GI Tract, Gastro Intestinal Tract;
c
KEGG+, is the combination of the KEGG database and 6 other functional databases