Choice of library preparation affects sequence quality, genome assembly, and precise in silico prediction of virulence genes in shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

• Julie Haendiges ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Julie.haendiges@fda.hhs.gov (JH); narjol.gonzalez-escalona@fda.hhs.gov (NGE)

  Affiliation Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0109-9711

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• Karen Jinneman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Drug Administration, Bothell, Washington, United States of America

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• Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Julie.haendiges@fda.hhs.gov (JH); narjol.gonzalez-escalona@fda.hhs.gov (NGE)

  Affiliation Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4568-0022

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