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Table 1 Comparison of CRISPR characterization using long reads versus short reads (assembled) of the gut microbiome

From: Long reads reveal the diversification and dynamics of CRISPR reservoir in microbiomes

Dataset

Bps

Assembler

# of spacer

# spacer cluster

redundancy

Long read (SRR2822456)

8.4Gb

N/A

51416

5685

9.04

Short read (SRR2822459)

7.6Gb

MEGAHIT

1211

1195

1.01

  

metaSPAdes

2034

2015

1.01

  1. Note: two different assemblers (MEGAHIT and metaSPAdes) were employed to assemble the short reads and spacer identification results were shown in the table; the redundancy of spacers was measured as the #of spacers / # of spacer clusters
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BMC Genomics

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