Table 2 Metagenome sequencing statistics reported in this study.

From: Comparative shotgun metagenomic data of the silkworm Bombyx mori gut microbiome

Sample

MS1P50

MS1QB

Sequence size (Gbp)

6.826

10.369

No. of reads

45,505,084

69,127,002

Sequence strategy

Paired-end

Paired-end

Library insert size

500

500

Average read length

150

150

No. of sequences removed by quality control procedures

1,457,198

1,408,512

No. of sequences that passed quality control procedures

44,047,886

67,718,490

Number of scaffolds ( >500 bps) after assembled

91,037

44,201

Total Bases in scaffolds > 500 bps

93,065,111

49,571,885

% of Sequences assembled

93.50%

98%

No. of singletons after assembly

0

0

N rate

0%

0%

Largest scaffold length (bp)

18,177

52,980

N50 scaffold length (bp)

1,076

1,214

N90 scaffold length (bp)

564

578

GC content

53.91%

54.49%

ORFs ( >100 bps)

148,685

75,232

Average ORF length (bp)

546.7

576.3