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. 2023 Sep 25;12(10):e00355-23. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00355-23

TABLE 1.

Genome assembly metrics for short- and long-read data

Short-read data
(MiSeq, Illumina)
Long-read data
(Sequel II, PacBio)
Total reads 2.8 million 14.1 thousand
Average read length 224 bp 3,675 bp
Genome coverage distribution for reference-based assembly 151,379 bp 152,159 bp
Average sequencing depth across genome 485× 12×
Genome coverage distribution with de novo assembly 134,520 bp 136,968 bp
Number of contigs for de novo assembly 11 9
N50 for de novo assembly 44,644 bp 45,163 bp