Table 1 Comparison of the Giardia duodenalis genome.
From: A chromosome-scale genome assembly of Giardia duodenalis by long-read sequencing of ten trophozoites
Statistic | WB | WB-C6 | Be-2 | g12a2* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Report year | 20075 | 201914 | 20227 | 2024 (this study) | |
Life-cycle stage | Trophozoites | Trophozoites | Cysts | Trophozoites | |
No of trophozoites/cycts | — | 2.3 × 108 | 1.0 × 108 | 10 | |
Sequencing instrument | LI-COR, ABI3700 | PacBio R SII | MinIONR9.4.1 | Nanopore PromethION 48 | PacBio Revio |
Reads | 224,000 | 411,835 | 148,144 | 2,966,909 | 1,618,041 |
Bases | — | 3.6 billion | — | 11.5 billon | 12.1 billion |
Assembler | ARACHNE2.0 | HGAP3 | Flye | Canu, MECAT2, RagTag | |
Genome size (Mbp) | 11.7 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 11.1 | |
Total ungapped length (Mbp) | — | 11.7 | 11.4 | 11.1 | |
Gaps | 137 | 35 | 1 | 13 | |
Gap size (Mbp) | 1.6 | 4 | 0.01 | 0.4 | |
Number of chromosomes | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
Number of scaffolds | 306 | 35 | 5 | 5 | |
Number of contigs | 92 | 38 | 6 | 5 | |
Contig N50 (Mbp) | — | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | |
Contig L50 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
GC percent | 49.0% | 46.3% | 49.5% | 49.2% | |
Genome coverage | 11x | 217x | 84x | 1027x | 1086x |
Assembly level | Contig | Chromosome | Chromosome | Chromosome | |
