Explanation: This table lists the discriminating ability of SP-GSTs for each of the 59 anchoring enzyme candidate recognition sequences for gene 16S, in the upstream direction, with a tag length of 17 nt and a length cutoff of 3000 nt imposed on the priming-site to anchoring-enzyme-site. There are two rows of numbers for each candidate: 1st row: numbers of distinct tags at the phylogenetic level at which they are able to distinguish the microbial genome sequences. 2nd row: number of species that can be identified by the SP-GST tags at the given phylogentic level. The last number, in parenthesis, is the number of organisms that were not identified due to the length cutoff. 574 occurances of the primer were found in 140 organisms Anchor Phylogenetic Depth Sequence Kingdom Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Unidentified AACGTT 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 180 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 84 (47) AAGCTT 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 258 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 108 (25) AATT 0 1 1 1 0 2 10 160 0 1 4 21 0 4 16 93 (1) ACATGT 0 0 0 1 1 1 12 119 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 70 (58) ACCGGT 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 160 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 82 (46) ACGCGT 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 61 (69) ACGT 0 0 1 0 0 2 19 328 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 120 (4) ACTAGT 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 85 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 51 (83) AGATCT 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 168 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 94 (39) ATCGAT 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 225 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 96 (34) ATGCAT 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 82 (48) ATTAAT 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 237 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 95 (40) CAATTG 0 0 0 0 1 1 18 238 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 105 (27) CATATG 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 74 (62) CATG 0 0 0 2 0 1 19 343 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 129 (1) CCATGG 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 162 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 78 (52) CCCGGG 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 102 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 56 (72) CCGCGG 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 138 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 70 (61) CCGG 0 0 0 0 0 3 24 332 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 118 (9) CCTAGG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 (113) CCTGCAGG 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 16 (119) CGATCG 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 76 (54) CGCCGGCG 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 27 (107) CGCG 0 0 0 1 0 2 21 314 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 117 (9) CGGCCG 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 160 0 5 0 0 0 0 8 79 (48) CGTACG 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 55 (76) CTAG 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 331 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 127 (1) CTCGAG 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 58 (73) CTGCAG 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 176 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 86 (43) CTTAAG 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 75 (62) GAATTC 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 198 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 99 (26) GACGTC 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 115 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 64 (66) GAGCTC 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 73 (63) GATC 0 2 3 5 1 1 17 233 0 8 12 8 0 0 8 104 (0) GCATGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 78 (52) GCCGGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 165 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 66 (60) GCGATCGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 34 (98) GCGC 0 0 0 1 1 7 19 327 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 122 (8) GCGCGC 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 167 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 73 (56) GCGGCCGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 27 (108) GCTAGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 65 (66) GGATCC 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 101 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 62 (71) GGCCGGCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 (119) GGCGCC 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 142 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 68 (63) GGCGCGCC 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 33 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 28 (106) GGGCCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 35 (100) GGTACC 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 87 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 59 (73) GTAC 0 0 0 0 0 2 33 374 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 129 (2) GTCGAC 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 59 (69) GTGCAC 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 98 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 62 (63) TCATGA 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 228 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 104 (27) TCCGGA 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 152 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 80 (49) TCGA 0 0 0 0 2 1 20 314 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 125 (2) TCTAGA 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 74 (59) TGATCA 0 0 0 1 1 1 17 231 0 0 0 5 0 2 4 112 (17) TGTACA 0 0 1 1 1 1 12 152 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 74 (57) TTAA 0 1 0 4 0 1 15 151 0 2 0 21 0 2 15 98 (2) TTAATTAA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 43 (95) TTCGAA 0 0 0 1 0 2 22 186 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 88 (40)