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. 2021 Oct 23;297(5):101270. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101270

Table 1.

Error rates (per base) for thermophilic DNA polymerases

Origin Reaction Temperature (°C) Substitution rate (base−1) Deletion rate (base−1) Insertion rate (base−1) Bases counted
Thermophile Q5NB 72 4.44 × 10−6 9.50 × 10−7 1.37 × 10−7 15,536,120
Q5 30 6.04 × 10−6 7.45 × 10−7 5.31 × 10−7 6,001,934
Q5 72 5.38 × 10−6 ND ND 6,340,445
Taq 30 6.32 × 10−5 2.27 × 10−6 2.01 × 10−6 6,497,391
Taq 50 2.18 × 10−4 2.18 × 10−5 3.53 × 10−6 6,320,921
PhusionNB 30 2.51 × 10−5 ND 8.32 × 10−7 2,064,657
PhusionNB 50 8.11 × 10−6 ND ND 478,302
PhusionNB 72 5.05 × 10−6 ND ND 10,515,198
Phusion 30 2.02 × 10−5 2.32 × 10−6 4.81 × 10−7 6,479,246
Phusion 50 3.64 × 10−5 2.46 × 10−6 4.84 × 10−7 7,260,714
Phusion 72 1.24 × 10−5 ND 5.11 × 10−7 6,182,116

NB denotes the reaction carried out in the native buffer supplied by the manufacturer.

ND denotes the error frequency below the detectable error baseline.