Fig. 4

Performance of taxonomy identification. a and b Heatmaps with the mean read counts (log10 scale) from the raw reads for the Zymo Mock Community and the ESKAPE Mock using Kraken2. Kits used were BS, Buccal Swab; CC, Cultured Cells; DM, QIAamp DNA Mini; and PF, QIAamp PowerFecal Pro DNA. The total number of tested samples is provided inside the brackets(x-axis) which represent the technical and biological replicates for the Zymo Mock Community and the technical replicates for the ESKAPE Mock. c and d Assembled contigs alignment to the reference genomes of the Zymo Mock Community and ESKAPE Mock. The x-axis represents the different DNA extraction kits, and the y-axis represents the number of identical bases aligned to the respective reference genomes. The horizontal green line indicates the actual genome size of the respective bacterial species.