Assembly is a major step in the process of detecting AMR genes as it combines sequenced reads into contigs, longer sequences where it will be easier to identify genes and in particular AMR genes

Time estimation: 4 hours

Learning objectives:

• Run tools to evaluate sequencing data on quality and quantity
• Process the output of quality control tools
• Improve the quality of sequencing data
• Run a tool to assemble a bacterial genome using short reads
• Run tools to assess the quality of an assembly
• Understand the outputs of tools to assess the quality of an assembly
  • Run tools to evaluate sequencing data on quality and quantity
• Process the output of quality control tools
• Improve the quality of sequencing data
• Run a tool to assemble a bacterial genome using short reads
• Run tools to assess the quality of an assembly
• Understand the outputs of tools to assess the quality of an assembly