Table 1. Comparison of Illumina-only and Illumina-PacBio hybrid assemblies.

	Illumina-only	Illumina-PacBio hybrid
MG-RAST ID	mgm4671062.3	mgm4671058.3
Contig number (⩾1000 bp)	110 609	31 187
Size (Mb)	490	301
N50	8958	33 831
N75	2873	12 184
L50	8886	1980
L75	34 979	5726
CDSs	509 054	289 685
Bin number	217	137
>90% completeness (with 16S rRNA gene)	25 (12)	26 (22)
85–90% completeness (with 16S rRNA gene)	12 (4)	6 (6)
70–85% completeness (with 16S rRNA gene)	5 (0)	5 (4)