Expected community structures of ten live/dead Escherichia coli and Streptococcus sanguinis mixtures in DNA and RNA libraries: group (1) 100% live E. coli (DNA library) and 100% E. coli expected in RNA library; (2) 100% dead E. coli (DNA) and 0% E. coli expected in RNA libraries; (3) 100% live S. sanguinis (DNA) and 100% S. sanguinis (RNA); (4) 100% dead S. sanguinis (DNA) and 0% S. sanguinis expected (RNA); (5) 50% live E. coli and 50% live S. sanguinis (DNA), same proportion expected in RNA libraries; (6) 50% dead E. coli and 50% dead S. sanguinis (DNA), no signal expected in RNA libraries; (7) 50% live E. coli , 25% live S. sanguinis , and 25% dead S. sanguinis (DNA) and 67% E. coli and 33% S. sanguinis (RNA); (8) 25% live E. coli and 25% dead E. coli , 50% live S. sanguinis (DNA), and 67% S. sanguinis and 33% E. coli (RNA); (9) 50% live E. coli , 50% dead S. sanguinis (DNA), and 100% E. coli (RNA); and (10) 50% dead E. coli and 50% live S. sanguinis (DNA) and 100% S. sanguinis (RNA).
