As the amount of raw data generated by the MiSeq continues to grow we are starting to run into situations where even this "Benchtop" sequencer produces more data than is needed (or wanted) for a de novo genome assembly of things like bacteria and fungi, even with the Micro and Nano options. If I am going to do a de novo assembly offline I can simply downsample the data myself. But what if I want to use the built in MiSeq Reporter de novo assembly pipeline? Is there any way to configure it to only use a portion of the raw data for assembly?
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Currently the default assembly pipeline in the MiSeq can only handle 550Mb of sequence. You can decrease it by playing with the config files in MSR. You can read the MSR Theory of Operations document available on the Illumina website.
However, it seems strange to be throwing perfectly good reads away. Have you considered multiplexing more samples into the run so you generate more useful data?
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Originally posted by kcchan View PostCurrently the default assembly pipeline in the MiSeq can only handle 550Mb of sequence. You can decrease it by playing with the config files in MSR. You can read the MSR Theory of Operations document available on the Illumina website.
However, it seems strange to be throwing perfectly good reads away. Have you considered multiplexing more samples into the run so you generate more useful data?
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Originally posted by genbio64 View PostIs this feature new in the last software update? Illumina had told us there was virtually no flexibility when it came to the downstream pipelines through MSR.
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It's definitely good practice not to mess with the default analysis settings. Changing the settings will affect all future analysis, so know what you're doing before playing with the config files and revert them back if the next person needs the default settings. Most of the time I find it easier to do the downstream analysis myself and not on the instrument.
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Can I ask why you would even want Reporter to do de novo assembly? Unless things have changed with the newest version, Reporter (and Basespace) does no trimming or quality discrimination during its assembly, and I can't remember if it properly handles paired data. Every assembly done using Reporter that I've seen looks worthless compared to one's that I've done using Velvet on my own.
I guess if people are just sending you samples to sequence and intend to assemble it themselves, and you give them the assembly that Reporter spits out as a "bonus" along with the raw data then there's no real harm. But I think relying solely on an assembly done using Reporter or Basespace is pretty sloppy.
My opinion only of course though.
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