Table I Summary of the read-based MS/MS search databases for the ocean data sets
BStCS
Number of peptides in metapeptides database (obtained from 30)15,911,89319,194,693
Number of mismatched/unmatched reads148,502,311221,702,454
Number of peptides in Var2Pep database2,702,6554,891,690

  • Note: Bst, Bering strait; CS, Chukchi sea.