Sequencing summary
Measure Standalone 16S rRNA gene sequencing Combined 16S rRNA gene + ITS sequencing
HiSeq (bac) **HiSeq (fungi) MiSeq (bac) MiSeq (fungi)
Raw input read counts 54,292 (4,604 - 209,300) 54,292 (4,604 - 209,300) 120,472 (66,686 - 166,697) 120,472 (66,686 - 166,697)
*Filtered & separated read counts 53,098 (4,448 - 205,205) 780 (89 - 2,634) 38,321 (9,778 - 86,404) 82,504 (35,342 - 130,199)
% average reads (range) 98 (96 - 98) 1 (1 - 2) 32 (9 - 61) 68 (40 - 91)
dada2 output read counts 45,793 (3,812 - 170,976) NA 27,809 (6,246 - 55,428) 54,931 (5,211 - 106,289)
Succesfully aligned reads (BLAST) 45,786 (3,812 - 170,839) NA 25,157 (4,470 - 54,899) 8,083 (144 - 55,944)
Filtered & verified reads (taxminer) 45,768 (3,812 - 170,832) NA 25,044 (4,370 - 54,752) 5,834 (0 - 55,623)
* The reads containing ambiguous bases (Ns) were removed before the library split.
** No PCR-amplification for ITS; likely reflecting cross-reactivity of 16S rRNA gene primers with 18S rRNA gene region upstream of ITS1.