Table 1.
Background information on the projects used to evaluate the selection of assembly and binning tools
| Project name | Source | Number of metagenomes | Total number of reads | Sequencing technology | Environment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| coral_IL_high | Abrolhos, Brazil. 2014 | 16 | 20,711,400 | Illumina MiSeq (IL) | Coral atolls (coral) |
| coral_IT_low | Abrolhos, Brazil. 2011 | 15 | 18,323,050 | IonTorrent, PGM (IT) | Coral atolls (coral) |
| kelp_IL_low | San Diego, USA 2015 | 51 | 6,493,217 | Illumina MiSeq (IL) | kelp forest (kelp) |
| kelp_IT_high | San Diego, USA 2012–2013 | 23 | 9,769,952 | IonTorrent PGM (IT) | kelp forest (kelp) |