^† Each population is for a specific 16S rRNA sequence folded for one optimal predictions and 749 to 999 suboptimal structure predictions.
¹ Total number of comparative G:C, A:U and G:U base-pairs.
² Total number of unique base-pairs predicted by MFold in the optimal and suboptimal structure predictions.
³ (opt), Optimal or minimum free energy structure prediction; (subopts), Suboptimal structure predictions.
^4a Total unique base-pairs in the optimal MFold strucure prediction.
^4b Percentage of total unique base-pairs predicted that are from the optimal structure predictions.
^5a Total unique base-pairs from the suboptimal MFold structure predictions.
^5b Percentage of total unique base-pairs predicted that are from the suboptimal structure predictions.
^6a Total unique correct base-pairs in the optimal MFold structure prediction.
^6b Percentage of base-pairs in the optimal MFold structure prediction which are unique and correct.
⁷ Comparative structure prediction accuracy based on unique correct base-pairs in the optimal MFold structure prediction only.
^8a Total unique correct base-pairs from the optimal and all suboptimal MFold structure predictions.
^8b Percentage of all unique base-pairs predicted which are correct.
⁹ Comparative structure prediction accuracy based on unique correct base-pairs from the MFold optimal and all suboptimal structure predictions.
^10a Total unique incorrect base-pairs in the optimal MFold structure prediction.
^10b Percentage of base-pairs in the optimal MFold structure prediction which are unique and incorrect.
^11a Total unique incorrect base-pairs from the optimal and all suboptimal MFold structure predictions.
^11b Percentage of all unique base-pairs predicted which are incorrect.