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Table 1 Assemblies in the NCBI RefSeq Databases in August 2015 [1] and in September 2021 (counts taken on September 8th, 2021)

From: EvalDNA: a machine learning-based tool for the comprehensive evaluation of mammalian genome assembly quality

Taxonomic Group

NCBI RefSeq Aug. 2015

NCBI RefSeq Feb. 2019

Archaea

414

1,154

Bacteria

34,514

223,471

Fungi

167

403

Plants

62

132

Mammals

94

165

All

40,390 (for 12,964 species)

237,740 (for 70,374 species)

  1. The ‘All’ taxonomic group contains viruses and viroids, invertebrates, and protists in addition to the groups listed here. The total assemblies and species counts for Sept. 2021 were determined from the ‘assembly_summary_refseq.txt’ file located at ‘ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/ASSEMBLY_REPORTS/’
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BMC Bioinformatics

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