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. 2021 Mar 3;7(3):mgen000531. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000531

Table 4.

Average execution times for the different bioinformatics assays and detection methods

Workflow step

Database

Detection method

Average duration (s)

Read trimming

31.76

Assembly

847.19

Contamination check

77.21

Gene detection

ResFinder

blast

5.35

KMA

5.03

SRST2

27.19

Virulence genes

blast

5.30

KMA

5.14

SRST

36.88

PlasmidFinder

blast

5.30

KMA

5.06

SRST2

24.68

PointFinder

PointFinder

15.44

Serotype determination

SeroTypeFinder

blast

10.72

KMA

10.09

SRST2

55.63

Sequence typing

cgMLST*

blast

1128.84

KMA

3798.15

SRST2

1 006 639.45

Averages were calculated over ten samples analysed in triplicate for each assay, and listed values correspond to the duration of a single analysis for a single sample.

*Sequence typing results are based on extrapolation of execution time for the first 50 loci of the cgMLST scheme (out of 2513).