Table 1.

Summary statistics table.

Reads Count	Sequences	bp Count	Mean Seq. Length	Mean GC %	No. of hits- Greengenes	No. of hits -RDP	No. of hits - Silva SSU
Pre-QC	59,358	18,009,487 bp	303 ± 191 bp	50 ± 4%	15,943	24,505	28,806
Post-QC	50,213	13,969,056 bp	278 ± 199 bp	50 ± 4%