Table 6.
Numbers of virulence genes of bacterial strains with simulated Illumina short reads and mediocre-quality Oxford Nanopore long reads, as predicted based on their MaSuRCA, SPAdes, and Unicycler assemblies and compared to their corresponding reference genomes
| Strain | Number of virulence genes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MaSuRCA | SPAdes | Unicycler | Reference | |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 | 241 | 241 | 241 | 241 |
| Escherichia coli O157:H7 Sakai | 126 | 128 | 126 | 126 |
| Bacillus anthracis Ames Ancestor | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Klebsiella variicola DSM 15968 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Salmonella Typhimurium LT2 | 118 | 118 | 118 | 118 |
| Cronobacter sakazakii ATCC 29544 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Clostridium botulinum CDC_1632 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Listeria monocytogenes EGD-e | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 8325 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 |
| Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11168 | 118 | 119 | 119 | 119 |