Skip to main content

Table 1 Sequencing metrics of mock community sample data generated using whole-metagenome shotgun and bait-capture approaches

From: Exploiting a targeted resistome sequencing approach in assessing antimicrobial resistance in retail foods

Sample annotation

Metagenomics sequencing method1

Number of raw read (million)

Number of pass quality-filter read (million)

Number of on-target read (million) 2

On-target rate 3

MC-A

SH

36.31

26.97

0.05

0.2%

MC-A

T

8.84

6.39

4.19

65.6%

MC-B

T

5.80

4.29

2.93

68.1%

  1. 1SH, Whole-metagenome shotgun; T, Targeted bait-capture
  2. 2On-target read refers to sequence read that can be mapped onto at least one of the target sequences
  3. 3On-target rate is defined as percentage of the pass quality-filter reads that is on-target
Back to article page

Environmental Microbiome

ISSN: 2524-6372