Table 2. Summary of the fate of 10,316 sets of short reads.
| Category | Number
of records |
|---|---|
|
Failed Quality
Control |
129 |
|
Mix-up/
contamination |
418 |
| Inconsistent MLST
type |
11 |
| Inconsistent
Serovar |
374 |
| Entire microwell
plate(s) |
33 |
| Final dataset | 9769 |
| Consistent MLST ST | 1801 |
| Consistent serovar | 7713 |
| No independent
verification |
255 |
NOTE: The table ignores 1208 DNA samples which failed quality control at the Sanger Institute, and were not sequenced. New DNAs for 724 of them passed QC and are included in the table.