Lost in plasmids: next generation sequencing and the complex genome of the tick-borne pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi

Table 1 Sequencing statistics for all samples and sequencers

Sequencer/Strain		B31-NRZ		PAli		PAbe
Illumina	Library prep	TS	MP	NX	MP	NX	TS	MP
	Total bp (Mb)	564.6	174.4	779	2,140	514	527	106.5
	Average read length after trimming	249	239	221	243	218	228	242
	GC content %	28.1	28.1	28.2	28.2	28.2	28.2	28.2
	Total sequences in pairs	2,264,058	725,744	3,092,326	8,984,852	2,040,798	2,178,498	437,050
PacBio	Library prep	BluePippin		BluePippin		BluePippin
	Total bp	794.6		429.3		2,188.6
	Average read length	13,987		13,632		21,727
	GC content	28.4		28.3		28.3
	Average insert size (bp)	11,332		7,997		4,177
Nanopore	Library prep	Ligation 1D
	Total bp (Mb)	77.5
	Average read length	4000
	GC content	28.8

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