Comparisons of de novo genome assemblies using PacBio, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, and Illumina sequencing platforms

To assess the quality of long read sequencing for de novo genome assembly, raw sequence read data for Escherichia coli and for Drosophila ananassae were generated across multiple sequencing platforms and library preps: PacBio RS II, PacBio Sequel II, PacBio HiFi, Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinION rapid ligation, Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinION extended ligation, and Illumina paired end.