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Fig. 4

From: Testing the advantages and disadvantages of short- and long- read eukaryotic metagenomics using simulated reads

Fig. 4

Classification success for long reads is dependent on read length only for Kraken2 classification. Each panel shows classification success for the different kingdoms. Median classification success at the genus level is indicated by blue lines for Nanopore or red lines for PacBio, either dashed (Kraken2) or solid (BLAST). The recall rates for 300 bp Illumina reads are shown as thin solid black lines, again either dashed (Kraken2) or solid (BLAST). Black points show the classification success for all Illumina reads of all lengths (100 bp, 150 bp, and 300 bp). For animals and plants, the classification success of Kraken2 depends strongly on read length, and only surpasses BLAST for PacBio at approximately 3500 bp for both animals and plants. Insets show the upper end of the y-axis in greater detail for both bacteria and fungi

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