Table 2.

Comparison of KAT and KAD

Module		KAT	KAD
K-mer spectrum		Yes	Yes
Detection of GC bias in reads		Yes	No
Quality assessment of read data		Yes	No
Evaluation of assembly quality	Identification of error k-mers	Yes	Yes
	Error position on an assembly	No	Yes
	Long assembly errors	Noa	Yes
Comparison of two assemblies		No	Yes

^aNot directly detected but might be visualized from the KAT output.