Table 1.

Summary of de novo assemblies for several organisms

Genome	Genome size, Mb	Enzyme	Average genomic fragments size, kb	No. of optical maps	Over-sampling	Overlap calculation, h	Layout-consensus calculation, h	Refinement calculation, h	Overlap yield	Contig yield (mass, Mb)	% of genome covered	Contigs aligned to ref. (mass, Mb)
Y. pestis	4.6	XhoI	17.3	251	49×	0.1	0.01	0.1	691	1 (4.8)	100	1 (4.8)
E. coli	4.6	XhoI	26	6,750	708×	31	1	1	184,522	1 (4.6)	100	1 (4.6)
T. pseudonana	34.5	NheI	9.8	34,460	435×	2,400	1	6	254,978	46 (38)	100	18 (6.4)
O. sativa	430	NheI	11.8	260 × 103	268×	96 × 103	1.2	1	8 × 106	307 (236)	52	288 (225)
Human CHM	3,200	SwaI	13.5	213 × 103	30×	57 × 103	1	2	12 × 106	219 (150)	4.6	171 (109)