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Table 1 Fractions of unclassified (FNR or false-negative rate), percent correctly classified (TPR or true-positive rate), and percent misclassified (FPR or false-positive rate.) simulated reads from ten genomes using Kraken against different versions of bacterial RefSeq

From: RefSeq database growth influences the accuracy of k-mer-based lowest common ancestor species identification

   

Genus

Species

Release

Date

FNR

TPR

FPR

TPR

FPR

1

2003-06-30

0.62

0.38

0.00

0.29

0.08

10

2005-03-06

0.53

0.46

0.01

0.38

0.07

20

2006-11-05

0.49

0.49

0.01

0.40

0.08

30

2008-07-07

0.25

0.74

0.00

0.60

0.07

40

2010-05-07

0.22

0.77

0.00

0.54

0.08

50

2011-11-08

0.21

0.78

0.01

0.52

0.07

60

2013-07-19

0.03

0.96

0.00

0.57

0.09

70

2016-03-03

0.03

0.95

0.01

0.42

0.09

80

2017-01-09

0.03

0.94

0.01

0.28

0.08