Data

Short reads

The paired-end illumina read data of E. coli were downloaded from Illumina (|Illumina) with a median insert size of 214 bp. More than 28.4 M reads.

Long reads

1 SMRT Cell of 10 kbp continuous long reads (CLR) for Escherichia coli K12 MG1655 were downloaded from this link.

Assemblies with short reads only

Abyss, Edena, SPAdes, SOAPdenovo2, Velvet, CISA (Note at: 20130807_MG1655_s1s2_with_verious_Assemblers)

PacBio corrected reads (PBcR)

Assemblies with hybrid methods

runCA, MIRA3, AHA, PBJelly, Cerulean, Patch