Table 1.

Dataset characteristics

Dataset	Source	Read length (bp)	# Reads	# Distinct 31-mers	# unitigs	% Dead-end unitigs (%)	% Isolated unitigs (%)
R. sphaeroides	GAGE [37]	101	2,050,868	5,908,467	442,681	47	8
Human RNA-seq	SRR957915	101	49,459,840	101,017,526	7,665,682	4	13
Gingiva metagenome	SRS014473	101	55,419,548	101,872,420	5,678,516	36	15
Soybean RNA-seq	SRR11458718	125	83,594,116	111,206,789	3,659,969	28	12
Tongue metagenome	SRS011086	101	81,664,789	165,159,726	11,358,233	37	11
Whole human	ERR174310	101	207,579,467	2,319,022,432	51,094,913	14	18