MBG: Minimizer-based sparse de Bruijn Graph construction.

ABSTRACT:

Motivation

De Bruijn graphs can be constructed from short reads efficiently and have been used for many purposes. Traditionally, long-read sequencing technologies have had too high error rates for de Bruijn graph-based methods. Recently, HiFi reads have provided a combination of long-read length and low error rate, which enables de Bruijn graphs to be used with HiFi reads.

Results

We have implemented MBG, a tool for building sparse de Bruijn graphs from HiFi reads. MBG outperforms existing tools for building dense de Bruijn graphs and can build a graph of 50× coverage whole human genome HiFi reads in four hours on a single core. MBG also assembles the bacterial E.coli genome into a single contig in 8 s.

Availability and implementation

Package manager: https://anaconda

SUBMITTER: Rautiainen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8521641 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature