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. 2021 Aug 19;9:e11842. doi: 10.7717/peerj.11842

Table 1. The number of core genes unrecalled at each depth comparing for different assemblers based on simulated data.

    Read length Assemblers Read depth
  10× 20× 30× 40× 50× 60× 70× 80× 90× 100×
S. enterica (LT2) 150 bp SPAdes 1404–1419 64–74 3–4a 3–4 3 3–4 3–4 3 3–4 2–3
(Size = 4.9 Mb) CLC 1680–1688 241–243 10–30 3–12 2 3 2–3 1–3 2–3 2–4
SKESA 2382–2443 1125–1157 62–68 13–14 8–9 5 5 5 5 5
250 bp SPAdes 728–752 15–27 3–4 2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–2 2–3
CLC 964–1025 55–113 5 1–2 2–3 2–3 2 2 2–4 2–5
  SKESA 1692–1697 169–175 12–17 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
L. monocytogens 150 bp SPAdes 1036 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(IAI39) CLC 1223–1226 139–143 3–5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(Size = 2.9 Mb) SKESA 1839 790–791 32 1 0–1 1 1 1 1 1
250 bp SPAdes 531–560 12–21 0–1 0 0–1 0 0–1 0 0 0
CLC 686–735 36–66 0–2 0 0–2 0 0 0 0 0
  SKESA 1217–1267 111–126 3–11 1–3 1 1 1 1 1 0–1
E. coli (EGD-e) 150 bp SPAdes 1188 61 4 4 3–4 4 3–5 3 2–3 3–4
(Size = 4.6 Mb) CLC 1411–1416 197–202 30–32 5–8 5–6 4–5 5 2–6 5 5–6
SKESA 2089 989 54 14 9–11 8 8 7–8 7 7
250 bp SPAdes 611–629 21–22 4 3 2–3 3 3 2–3 2 2
CLC 811-839 40–60 4–6 3–4 3–4 2–4 3–4 4–5 2 4
  SKESA 1403–1432 132–135 13–14 7–8 7 6–7 6–7 6 6 6

Notes.

a

The gray fill represents the minimum read depth needed to achieve the stable number of core genes unrecalled for the combing of different read lengths and assemblers.