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Table 4 ARG host species frequencies in each community

From: A reservoir of ‘historical’ antibiotic resistance genes in remote pristine Antarctic soils

Sample site

Different AR host species

Unique AR host species

Total AR host species

Total species

Relative abundancea

BG12-3

3

2

3

243

0.012

MS2-2

2

0

2

271

0.007

MS4-1

11

3

12

243

0.045

MS3-5

2

0

2

271

0.007

TG1-5

7

4

8

195

0.036

MGM-3

17

11

21

208

0.082

MS6-5

8

5

11

240

0.033

MS1-1

6

3

7

249

0.024

MG3-2

6

4

7

317

0.019

MtG22-5

6

4

6

216

0.028

MS7-5

2

0

3

241

0.008

PT-2

13

8

20

223

0.058

MS5-1

14

8

16

242

0.058

TG5-1

9

5

9

221

0.041

CN-4

15

8

18

194

0.077

MtG-4

9

4

18

210

0.043

MG6-4

10

2

14

229

0.044

  1. aRelative abundance is calculated by dividing the number of different AR hosts by the number of different species found at each site