Table 1 Taxonomic classification accuracy [proportion of correctly assigned sequences (%)] for MetAnnotate’s best hit and phylogenetic classification approach
From: MetAnnotate: function-specific taxonomic profiling and comparison of metagenomes
Annotation method | Species | Genus | Phylum |
|---|---|---|---|
Taxonomic markers | |||
Best hit | 61.8 | 87.4 | 94.5 |
Phylogenetic | 60.0 | 87.6 | 97.3 |
Function markers | |||
Best hit | 47.4 | 78.7 | 83.3 |
Phylogenetic | 46.2 | 80.8 | 90.1 |