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Table 3 Statistics of taxon identification obtained through BSSH and QIIME (in brackets). The Shannon Species Diversity Index is reported as a measure of species diversity in each sample. The QIIME analysis shows a reduced number of species and genera identified when compared to BSSH

From: DNA metabarcoding of forensic mycological samples

Sample ID

Number of reads PF

% reads classified to genus

Shannon Species Diversity

Number of species identified

Number of genera identified

54

74,821

36.32%

1.071

208 (88)

127 (61)

51

116,158

65.75%

1.464

324 (155)

252 (106)

11

1,275,602

68.47%

1.397

582 (242)

421 (170)

34

226,684

60.75%

0.562

370 (152)

290 (106)

22

71,584

74.34%

1.137

294 (116)

226 (83)

7

393,827

7.97%

0.417

390 (148)

313 (91)

35

1,202,353

31.22%

1.191

596 (240)

448 (166)

53

158,877

67.75%

1.867

439 (192)

293 (125)

18

206,093

90.26%

1.113

216 (119)

172 (83)

29

594,710

90.02%

1.043

524 (246)

380 (168)

23

59,588

48.09%

1.845

511 (272)

339 (178)

31

221,512

88.41%

2.169

611 (262)

429 (168)

30

307,746

21.89%

1.258

548 (194)

382 (138)

26

569,935

86.75%

2.908

900 (394)

566 (256)

12

150,823

88.50%

1.432

208 (66)

184 (49)

25

1,992,943

93.77%

0.644

473 (155)

384 (113)