Table 3.

Comparison of DNA Prep and Nextera XT

	Prep Median (IQR)	XT Median (IQR)	P-value
Read count (×105)	9.18 (7.78–10.77)	11.24 (8.19–13.03)	0.059
Read length (bp)	293.6 (292.3–294.8)	276.9 (264.8–290.4)	<0.001
Quality Score	34.4 (34.3–34.9)	35.3 (35.2–35.4)	<0.001
Q30 %	93.1 (92.4–94.7)	95.9 (95–96.3)	<0.001
Assembly length (Mbp)	4.90 (4.83–4.95)	4.87 (4.69–4.93)	0.100
Contig count	137.5 (107.8–161.8)	257 (176.5–565)	<0.001
N50 (kbp)	95.71 (76.64–119.90)	44.90 (18.03–63.82)	<0.001
Coverage depth	55.9 (46.4–65.6)	65.3 (39.5–77.5)	0.226

IQR, interquartile range.