Table 2.

Brucella reads and species prediction from naturally contaminated raw milk samples

Sample no.	DNA extraction kit*	blast confirmed Brucella -specific reads	Predicted species
			Mash Screen	RefSNPer
64	c	2	np	B. abortus
64	d	155	B. suis	B. abortus
69	c	24	np	B. abortus
69	d	810	B. melitensis	B. melitensis
118	c	0	np	np
118	d	56	np	B. ceti
119	c	50	B. suis	B. abortus
119	d	225	B. suis	B. ovis
151	c	2787	B. suis	B. melitensis
151	d	112 627	B. melitensis	B. melitensis

np, No prediction.

*c, Conventional DNA extraction; d, DNA extraction after eukaryotic cell depletion.