Table 1. Sequencing results.

		Direct sequencing	Multiple displacement amplification
Total number of reads	Run1	16758	46547
	Run2	4169	1593
Total Mbases	Run1	3853532	12891425
	Run2	582005	253376
Average read length	Run1	229.95±137.26	276.96±165.51
	Run2	139.60±89.85	159.06±111.82
Average read quality	Run1	36.18±3.48	35.91±3.52
	Run2	31.12±3.41	30.84±3.41
GC content (%)	Run1	48.94	46.05
	Run2	48.54	46.15
Theoretical E. coli coverage of all processed reads	Run1 + Run2	0.96	2.83
Theoretical E. coli coverage of all reads mapped to E. coli	Run1 + Run2	0.77	0.07
Actual obtained E. coli coverage	Run1 + Run2	0.76	0.05

The table shows the number of total reads, total bases, mean and median read length and mean GC content (%) of processed sequences. The theoretical E. coli coverage was calculated from the total obtained Mbp. In fact, the actual coverage was lower than expected, especially in the case of MDAsample.