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Table 5 Comparison of Methanomicrobiales percentage obtained by qPCR and MG-RAST analysis for same samples processed by shotgun and amplicon sequencing

From: Comparative evaluation of rumen metagenome community using qPCR and MG-RAST

 

Methanomicrobiales (% ± SD)

Sample

qPCR

Shotgun

50% roughage

GL

0.05 ± 0.0002

0.08 ± 0.000

DL

0.38 ± 0.005

0.03 ± 0.000

GS

0.02 ± 0.008

0.13 ± 0.0005

DS

0.01 ± 0.0002

0.23 ± 0.003

75% roughage

GL

0.20 ± 0.001

0.15 ± 0.0006

DL

0.60 ± 0.0006

0.10 ± 0.000

GS

0.01 ± 0.000

0.09 ± 0.000

DS

0.002 ± 0.000

0.09 ± 0.000

100% roughage

GL

0.06 ± 0.0005

0.07 ± 0.0001

DL

0.16 ± 0.001

0.15 ± 0.0006

GS

0.002 ± 0.000

0.09 ± 0.0001

 

DS

0.04 ± 0.0004

0.10 ± 0.000

  1. GL = Green liquid, DL = Dry liquid, GS = Green solid, DS = Dry solid.