Table 2.

Summary of metagenome and metatranscriptome datasets

	Metagenome (n = 48)	T-metatranscriptome (n = 48) (mean ± SEM)	M-metatranscriptome (n = 48)
After QC	54.63 ± 1.42 M	64.32 ± 0.74 M	55.11 ± 1.90 M
non-rDNAs/rRNAs	99.37 ± 0.03%	6.29 ± 0.16%	53.34 ± 2.14%
rDNAs/rRNAs	0.63 ± 0.03%	93.71 ± 0.16%	46.66 ± 2.14%
Host DNAs/RNAs	0.13 ± 0.06%	0.05 ± 0.01%	0.14 ± 0.05%
Reads mapped back contigs	78.47 ± 0.26%	66.85 ± 0.65%	54.43 ± 1.16%
Reads mapped back annotated contigs	62.02 ± 0.56%	33.04 ± 0.54%	32.19 ± 1.50%
eggNOG annotated reads	1,010,497 ± 32,603	23,590 ± 1494	412,875 ± 30,166

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