Table 1. The number of MVCs assigned to each host taxa according to the five host prediction methods.
| RefSeq homology | Tara homology | CRISPR | tRNA | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unclassified Proteobacteria | 0 | 868 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prochlorococcus | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 575 |
| Pelagibacter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 461 |
| Synechococcus | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 146 |
| Sphingopyxis | 136 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Flavobacterium | 0 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 59 |
| Unclassified Verrucomicrobia | 0 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unclassified Actinobacteria | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Propionibacterium | 52 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Puniceispirillum | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Bradyrhizobium | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blastomonas | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unclassified Alphaproteobacteria | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sphingobium | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Acidovorax | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Desulfovibrio | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pseudomonas | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Burkholderia | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Xanthomonas | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Only the top 20 most frequent taxa are shown. Supplementary Data 5 details the host predictions and the scores yielded by each method per MVC.