Table 3.
Assembly metrics of different assembly approaches using the distant reference genome
| Tool | Assembly/target length (%) | No. contigs | Largest contig (kb) | Runtime (h) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiv. | Pool | Worst | Indiv. | Pool | Worst | Indiv. | Pool | Worst | Indiv. | Pool | Worst | |
| MinYS | 100 | 101 | 114 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 642 | 646 | 437 | 0.64 | 2.34 | 4.51 |
| NOVOPlasty | 100 | 100 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9 | 642 | 642 | 0.1 | 0.66 | 3.10 | 8.67 |
| MetaCompass | 116 | 124 | 138 | 54.5 | 90.0 | 148 | 642 | 310 | 117 | 6.69 | 29.16 | 104.87 |
| MEGAHIT | 100 | 102 | 104 | 1.5 | 11.5 | 30 | 642 | 366 | 86 | 5.00 | 15.98 | 34.44 |
For each metric, the median values obtained over all individual (Indiv.) or pooled (Pool) samples are given, as well as the worst value obtained over all the samples (Worst). Extended statistics are available in Supplementary Table S1.