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Table 1 Quality control threshold guidelines for enterica pathogens collected for GenomeTrakr

From: Optimizing open data to support one health: best practices to ensure interoperability of genomic data from bacterial pathogens

Quality metric Salmonella enterica Listeria monocytogenes Escherichia coli Shigella sp. Campylobacter jejuni Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Average read quality Q score for R1 and R2 > = 30 > = 30 > = 30 > = 30 > = 30 > = 30
Average coverage > = 30X > = 20X > = 40X > = 40X > = 20X > = 40X
De novo assembly: Seq. length (Mbp) ~ 4.3–5.2 ~ 2.7–3.2 ~ 4.5–5.9 ~ 4.0–5.0 ~ 1.5–1.9 ~ 4.8–5.5
De novo assembly: no. contigs <=300 <=300 <=500 <=650 <=300 <=300