TABLE 1.

Data from pure culture analysis with comparison of Q score 7 and 8 filtered data.

Ref culture	Ref sequence aligned to (Q7/Q8)	Qscore 7 threshold				Qscore 8 threshold
		# sequences aligned	Total	% of total	Average % ident	# sequences aligned	Total	% of total	Average % ident
A. tamarense	Alexandrium tamarense	7,047		99.4%	96.1%	6,136		99.5%	96.5%
	Alexandrium catenella	13	7088	0.2%	93.7%	6	6166	0.1%	95.4%
	Alexandrium minutum	5		0.1%	94.8%	3		0.0%	96.3%
A. tamutum	Alexandrium tamutum	12,410		99.1%	96.0%	10,724		99.3%	96.4%
	Alexandrium minutum	51	12523	0.4%	95.3%	34	10797	0.3%	96.2%
	Alexandrium ostenfeldii/tamarense	18		0.1%	94.4%	10		0.1%	96.5%
A. minutum	Alexandrium minutum	9,953		98.9%	96.1%	8,667		99.0%	96.5%
	Alexandrium ostenfeldii/tamutum	44	10068	0.4%	94.8%	34	8754	0.4%	95.7%
	Alexandrium tamutum/ostenfeldii	43		0.4%	95.1%	31		0.4%	95.8%
A. catenella	Alexandrium catenella	8,380		99.3%	95.1%	7,284		99.4%	95.5%
	Alexandrium tamarense	28	8441	0.3%	95.4%	22	7328	0.3%	95.8%
	Alexandrium minutum	7		0.1%	95.3%	5		0.1%	96.8%
Gonyaulax	Gonyaulax spinifera	9,656		99.5%	96.1%	8,420		99.6%	96.5%
spinifera	Alexandrium minutum	15	9704	0.2%	95.0%	12	8455	0.1%	95.4%
	Alexandrium tamutum	11		0.1%	94.1%	7		0.1%	94.5%
Lingulodinium	Lingulodinium polyedrum	11,202		99.7%	95.9%	9,688		99.7%	96.3%
polyedrum	Alexandrium minutum	12	11237	0.1%	96.7%	10	9715	0.1%	97.2%
	Alexandrium tamutum/tamarense	7		0.1%	93.9%	6		0.1%	94.5%