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Table 2 Number and percentage of OTUs and the sequences distributed in those OTUs that are either shared by different continental groups or unique to a single continental group

From: Comparative analysis of the human saliva microbiome from different climate zones: Alaska, Germany, and Africa

  

OTUs

Sequences in those OTUs

  

Number

Percentage (%)

Number

Percentage (%)

Shared OTUs

Alaskan-German

12

0.22

450

0.66

Alaskan-African

9

0.16

285

0.42

German-African

12

0.21

136

0.20

3 Groups

56

1.00

14211

20.92

Unique OTUs

Alaskan

13

0.23

481

0.71

German

92

1.65

121

0.18

African

118

2.1

6285

9.25

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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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