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Table 1 Alignment metrics for Illumina MiSeq and Ion Torrent PGM sequencing runs

From: Analysis of the genetic diversity of influenza A viruses using next-generation DNA sequencing

 

Illumina MiSeq

Ion Torrent PGM

 

pHW197-M

pHW197-Mmut

pHW197-M

pHW197-Mmut

 

S1

S2

S1

S2

S1

S2

S1

S2

Minimum coverage

683

744

815

609

3532

4510

3995

4830

Maximum coverage

27389

28589

32802

26275

15716

17632

14664

18196

Average coverage

15369

16315

18236

14610

11525

13236

11118

13636

Standard deviation

6739

7120

7888

6315

3323

3499

2853

3562

Unmapped reads (%)

0.20

0.16

0.21

0.22

1.06

1.05

1.28

1.19

Unmapped bases (%)

0.17

0.14

0.19

0.19

1.07

1.05

1.26

1.18

  1. Wild type (pHW197-M) and mutant (pHW197-Mmut) plasmids were sequenced in duplicate (S1 and S2) on both sequencers and the processed reads were mapped to the plasmid reference sequence.