Table 12.
16S rRNA random control sequences utilized to test the frequency and quality of similar sequences in the E. coli K12 genome. See text for definitions of “identities”, “similarities”, etc.
| Random Sequence6s Control | Count Data, across All Six Reading Frames | Sums across All Matches | Means across All Matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | No. Matches | No. Perfect Identities | Total Length of Matches | Total Number of Similarities | Total Number of Identities | Mean Match Length | Mean Similarity Length | Mean Identity Length |
| 1500 bp 1 | 129 | 0 | 2668 | 1658 | 1347 | 20.7 | 12.9 | 10.4 |
| 1500 bp 2 | 61 | 0 | 1816 | 998 | 704 | 29.8 | 16.4 | 11.5 |
| 1500 bp 3 | 70 | 0 | 2100 | 1124 | 910 | 30 | 16.1 | 13 |
| 1500 bp 4 | 82 | 0 | 2273 | 1269 | 889 | 27.7 | 10.8 | 14.5 |
| 1500 bp 5 | 68 | 0 | 2090 | 1113 | 792 | 30.7 | 16.4 | 11.7 |
| mean | 82 | 0 | 2189.4 | 1232.4 | 928.4 | 27.8 | 15.4 | 11.5 |
| SD | 27.3 | 0 | 313.6 | 256.6 | 248 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 1.0 |