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Table 1 Assembly comparison to other molluscan transcriptomes sequenced using 454 technology

From: Transcriptomic analysis of candidate osmoregulatory genes in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica

Species

Normalized

Mean unfiltered read length (bp)

Unfiltered reads (n)

Assembler

% of filtered reads assembled

Contigs (n)

Mean contig length (bp)

Estimated total assembly (bp)*

Reference

Mytilus edulis

No

279

2,393,441

Celera, Cap3

92.0

74,622

645

48,131,190

[40]

Bathymodiolus azoricus

Yes

283

778,996

MIRA

74.8

75,407

509

38,382,163

[41]

Hyriopsis cumingii

No

296

981,302

Cap3

70.5

47,812

634

30,312,808

[42]

Meretrix meretrix

No

413

751,970

Cap3

87.3

35,205

679

23,904,195

[43]

Patinopecten yessoensis

Yes/No

313

970,422

Cap3

86.7

32,590

618

20,140,620

[44]

Crassostrea virginica

Yes

343

1,256,652

Newbler

86.8

28,939

629

18,202,631

Present study

Ruditapes philippinarum

Yes

–

457,717

MIRA3

–

32,606

546

17,802,876

[45]

Chamelea gallina

Yes

210

298,494

MIRA

–

39,750

352

13,992,000

[46]

Laternula elliptica

No

369

1,034,155

Newbler

33.9

18,290

535

9,785,150

[47]

Crassostrea angulata

No

309

555,215

Newbler

79.9

10,462

723

1,057,026

[48]

Pinctada martensii

No

349

434,650

Newbler

–

3,574

–

–

[49]

Pinctada margaritifera

No

234

276,738

TGICL

79.2

76,790

–

–

[50]

  1. The assemblies are ordered in decreasing size of estimated total assembly. *This calculation is from the mean contig length and number of assembled contigs and is provided as a means to compare transcriptome size.