TABLE 5.

Results of prodigal gene calling and HMM hits for single‐copy core genes (SCGs) and ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs). Analysis was performed after removal of human‐reads

	Qiagen Genomic Tip (GT)		Phenol–chloroform (PC)		Agarose encasement (AE)
	GT_1	GT_2	PC_1	PC_2	AE_1	AE_2
Number of genes	676,577	994,050	391,675	665,986	440,845	771,653
Bacterial SCGs	2893	3131	1309	1210	2136	3559
rRNAs (per 1000 genes)	901 (1.33)	1107 (1.11)	295 (0.75)	307 (0.46)	655 (1.49)	1355 (1.76)
Bacterial 16S rRNA	373	462	120	125	249	547