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Table 2 Nitrogen metabolism gene matches and the number of sequences from the +NO 3 - metagenome that matched with the genes, as determined with a BLASTN comparison

From: Shotgun metagenomic analysis of metabolic diversity and microbial community structure in experimental vernal pools subjected to nitrate pulse

Query sequence1

N Metabolism gene

# Database sequences

Average%ID

Average alignment length

Average E-value

+NO3- seq. 1

napA

3

92.83

65

7.33E-18

+NO3- seq. 2

napA

125

83.83

131.29

9.86E-08

 

napB

1

82.35

119

4.00E-11

  1. 1The query sequence indicates that only two sequences out of 28,688 in the +NO3- metagenome matched with sequences in the N metabolism database. Seq. 1 matched with three database entries, while seq. 2 matched with 126 database entries.