Table 1.
Summary of sequence data from whole genome sequencing of four Cryptosporidium hominis specimens in comparison with data from the published C. hominis (TU502) and C. parvum (IOWA) genomes
| Specimen (gp60 subtype) | Technique | Total nucleotides | Total sequence reads | Assembly | Average coverage (fold) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of Contigs | Length (bp) | Mean (bp) | Minimum (bp) | Maximum (bp) | N50 (bp) | |||||
| 30976 (IaA28R4) | Illumina Genome Analyzer IIx 100 bp paired end | 5,780,028,818 | 64,449,544 | 6,140 | 22,133,082 | 3,605 | 502 | 1,279,890 | 145,968 | 257 |
| 37999 (IbA10G2) | Illumina Genome Analyzer IIx 100 bp paired end | 2,798,259,889 | 30,886,077 | 78 | 9,054,010 | 116,077 | 510 | 1,029,232 | 406,678 | 307 |
| 33537 (IaA28R4) | 454 GS-FLX Titanium | 431,742,212 | 1,157,140 | 1,464 | 14,065,231 | 9,607 | 501 | 154,507 | 27,749 | 31 |
| 30974 (IbA10G2) | 454 GS-FLX Titanium | 382,520,957 | 1,048,412 | 443 | 8,841,752 | 19,959 | 513 | 325,032 | 78,110 | 43 |
| C. hominis TU502 (IaA25R3) | Sanger | - | - | 1,422 | 8,743,570 | 6,149 | 251 | 90,444 | 14,504 | 12 |
| C. parvum IOWA (IIaA15G2R1) | Sanger | - | - | 18 | 9,102,324 | 504,874 | 17,388 | 1,278,458 | 1,014,526 | 13 |