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Table 2 Overview table comparing error rates of the samples treated with UNOISE (after USEARCH preprocessing) and those without applying a denoising algorithm, after applying Pre-cluster or after applying IPED (after mothur preprocessing). Due to the difference preprocessing steps applied in USEARCH and mothur, the amount of reads removed differ, where around 53 % and 39 % of reads are removed in respective order

From: IPED: a highly efficient denoising tool for Illumina MiSeq Paired-end 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing data

Variable region

Sample ID

  

Error rates

USEARCH + UNOISE

Mothur (make.contigs)

Mothur +

Pre-cluster

Mothur + IPED

V34

130403

0.0003

0.0026

0.0013

0.0002

130417

0.0004

0.0023

0.0010

0.0003

130422

0.0008

0.0028

0.0017

0.0008

M1

0.0006

0.00149

0.0007

0.0004

M2

0.0007

0.00150

0.0008

0.0006

M3

0.0005

0.00140

0.0007

0.0005

V4

130403

0.00011

0.00056

0.00013

0.00010

130417

0.00009

0.00051

0.00010

0.00008

130422

0.00009

0.00049

0.00010

0.00008

v4.I.1

0.00002

0.00061

0.00008

0.00004

v4.I.05

0.00002

0.00068

0.00010

0.00004

V45

130403

0.0030

0.0084

0.0055

0.0022

130417

0.0029

0.0069

0.0041

0.0020

130422

0.0026

0.0060

0.0033

0.0016

v4.v5.I.1

0.0082

0.0066

0.0061

0.0041

v4.v5.I.11

0.0084

0.0033

0.0034

0.0031

Average

All samples

0.0018

0.0029

0.0018

0.0010