Table 1.

High-throughput sequencing statistics

Method	Total Reads	Reads Used	Theoretical Coverage*	# Contigs (>100 bp)^	Total size (Mb)§
Sanger	178	178	n/a	n/a	n/a
GAI 32 single	16,852,820	9,298,356	83	5,884	6.06
GAII 70 PE	10,854,745	9,013,849	234	95	6.27
454	202,070	200,467	7	2,204	6.10
All short reads	38,764,380	23,742,926	316	256	6.26
All reads	38,764,558	23,810,966	316	115	6.27

*Based on approximated genome size of 6.5 Mb; ^Highest confident draft assemblies using Velvet 0.7.55 [22]; ^Improved, high quality draft including Sanger reads. n/a = not applicable; ^§Based on sum total of all contigs > 100 bp in length.