Table 3.

Assembly Statistics and runtime comparison of MetaCompass, MetaSPAdes, and MEGAHIT in HH:MM:SS

Body site	Sample	Metacompass Runtime	metaSPAdes Runtime	MEGAHIT Runtime	Number of pair-end reads (in pairs)	Number of Metacompass reference genomes assembled
tongue dorsum	SRR514250	16:29:48	07:56:42	01:01:57	113,301,166	211
buccal mucosa	SRR513436	01:09:50	01:19:10	00:16:48	16,591,571	52
posterior fornix	SRR513147	00:21:02	00:14:47	00:02:00	3,519,406	32
posterior fornix	SRR628270	00:07:02	00:05:26	00:00:50	1,356,953	4
supragingival plaque	SRR514844	06:50:27	06:12:57	00:36:37	56,475,039	115
stool	SRR514206	07:56:40	06:03:05	00:24:42	85,912,605	104