Table 3.
Relative abundance (%) of E. coli in watershed sites using amplicon and metagenome approaches
| Watershed site | 16S rRNA* | cpn60* | Bacterial metagenome* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPL | 0.71 (198854) | 0.24 (5955) | 0.19 (44463) |
| UDS | 0.65 (205568) | 0.15 (10674) | 0.17 (70203) |
| AUP | 3.95 (253363) | 2.62 (26641) | 1.92 (48059) |
| APL | 0.94 (38376) | 1.54 (43417) | 1.43 (169295) |
| ADS | 0.34 (86499) | 0.43 (53794) | 0.44 (29399) |
| PUP | 1.69 (66825) | 0.60 (8947) | 0.06 (71837) |
| PDS | 0.16 (320422) | 0.02 (11374) | 0.42 (68525) |
Numbers in parentheses represent total number of reads post quality filtering
*Correlation coefficients: 16S rRNA and cpn60 (p value = 0.0104, r s = 0.8726); cpn60 and bacterial metagenome (p value = 0.0018, r s = 0.9374)