Table 2

Grouping and processing time using the K2P (with CLUSTAL W alignment) and CV methods

Taxa

Birds

Fishes

Nematodes

Decapods

orders

families

genera

orders

families

genera

clades

Infraorders

families

genera

Grouping

K2P

18/20

45/50

All

10/14

45/49

All

12/12

3/8

80/86

All

CV

16/20

43/50

All

10/14

39/49

All

9/12

1/8

79/86

All

Processing time

K2P

>5 h

>10 h

> 10 h

> 10 h

CV

<3 min

< 5 min

< 5 min

< 5 min

Chu et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2009 10(Suppl 14):S8   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-10-S14-S8