Table 1

Optimized parameter obtained for each genomic fragment length at each taxonomic rank

λ_opt

Fragment length

S

P

C

O

G

800 bp

500

300

100

25

100

1 Kbp

500

300

200

100

100

3 Kbp

500

300

300

500

400

10 Kbp

300

400

300

100

90

15 Kbp

400

300

500

200

100

50 Kbp

500

1000

400

500

80

Optimal lambda parameter (λ_opt) is shown for each genomic fragment length at each taxonomic rank: Superkingdom (S), Phylum (P), Class (C), Order (O), and Genus (G).

Diaz et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2009 10:56   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-10-56