Table 2 The effect of length and similarity to database on taxonomic classification accuracy (genus-level) using best hit and phylogenetic classification. Numbers indicate proportion of correctly assigned sequences (%)
From: MetAnnotate: function-specific taxonomic profiling and comparison of metagenomes
Best hit | Phylogenetic | |
|---|---|---|
Length (nuceloteides) | ||
100 | 72.3 | 58.1 |
300 | 81.3 | 81.2 |
500 | 82.7 | 81.3 |
Sequence Identity to reference (%) | ||
40–60 | 77.6 | 82.8 |
60–80 | 85.2 | 83.4 |
80–100 | 92.4 | 89.6 |