Bits eliminated in lossy compression
For reducing the size of BLOW5 files, we can perform non-reversible lossy compression using slow5tools degrade. More details about this compression strategy is available in our Genome Research publication.
The number of bits eliminated when using slow5tools degrade with the default -b auto option is documented here.
In the table below, slow5tools version column indicates from which version the profile is available. . means not yet available.
| Experiment type | Sequencing Kit | Device | Sample frequency | slow5tools version | Bits eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dna | sqk-lsk109 | GridION | 4000 | . | . |
| dna | sqk-lsk109 | MinION | 4000 | . | . |
| dna | sqk-lsk109 | PromethION | 4000 | 1.3.0 | 2 |
| dna | sqk-lsk109 | PromethION p2_solo | 4000 | 1.4.0 | 2 |
| dna | sqk-lsk110 | GridION | 4000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-lsk110 | MinION | 4000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-lsk110 | PromethION | 4000 | 1.4.0 | 2 |
| dna | sqk-lsk110 | PromethION p2_solo | 4000 | 1.4.0 | 2 |
| dna | sqk-lsk112 | GridION | 4000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-lsk112 | MinION | 4000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-lsk112 | PromethION | 4000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-lsk112 | PromethION p2_solo | 4000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-lsk114 | GridION | 4000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-lsk114 | GridION | 5000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-lsk114 | MinION | 4000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-lsk114 | MinION | 5000 | 1.3.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-lsk114 | PromethION | 4000 | 1.3.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-lsk114 | PromethION | 5000 | 1.3.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-lsk114 | PromethION p2_solo | 4000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-lsk114 | PromethION p2_solo | 5000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-mlk111-96-xl | PromethION | 4000 | . | . |
| dna | sqk-mlk111-96-xl | PromethION p2_solo | 4000 | . | . |
| dna | sqk-nbd114-24 | PromethION | 4000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-nbd114-24 | PromethION | 5000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-nbd114-24 | PromethION p2_solo | 4000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-nbd114-24 | PromethION p2_solo | 5000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-pcb109 | PromethION | 4000 | . | . |
| dna | sqk-pcb109 | PromethION p2_solo | 4000 | . | . |
| dna | sqk-rad004 | PromethION | 4000 | 1.4.0 | 2 |
| dna | sqk-rad004 | PromethION p2_solo | 4000 | 1.4.0 | 2 |
| dna | sqk-rbk004 | GridION | 4000 | . | . |
| dna | sqk-rbk004 | MinION | 4000 | . | . |
| dna | sqk-rbk004 | PromethION | 4000 | . | . |
| dna | sqk-rbk004 | PromethION p2_solo | 4000 | . | . |
| dna | sqk-ulk001 | PromethION | 4000 | . | . |
| dna | sqk-ulk001 | PromethION p2_solo | 4000 | . | . |
| dna | sqk-ulk114 | PromethION | 5000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |
| dna | sqk-ulk114 | PromethION p2_solo | 5000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |
| rna | sqk-rna002 | GridION | 3000 | . | . |
| rna | sqk-rna002 | MinION | 3000 | . | . |
| rna | sqk-rna002 | PromethION | 3000 | 1.3.0 | 2 |
| rna | sqk-rna002 | PromethION p2_solo | 3000 | 1.4.0 | 2 |
| rna | sqk-rna004 | PromethION | 4000 | 1.3.0 | 3 |
| rna | sqk-rna004 | PromethION p2_solo | 4000 | 1.4.0 | 3 |