Table 1.

DNA yield, trimmed reads and assembled contigs from the optimized phage extraction routes

Sample	DNA (ng/μl)	Trimmed Reads (Mill)	% of Reads surviving	Contigs (> 5 kb)	Average kb	Nucleotides assembled (Mb)
0.22 μm TFF	2.7	104	94.2	17,698	11.22	196.5
0.22 μm PEG	1.70	60	92.4	7,583	11.15	84.5
0.45 μm TFF	56.6	83	91.0	12,453	11.58	164.0
0.45 μm PEG	2.44	64	92.9	10,493	13.17	121.4