ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Comparative Genome Analysis of Illumina, Nanopore, and Hybrid Approaches: A Case Study of the Aquaculture Isolate 160P.
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In this study, we comparatively assessed short-read (Illumina), long-read (Oxford Nanopore Technologies, ONT), and hybrid (Illumina + ONT) sequencing strategies for bacterial genome analysis using the aquaculture-derived isolate 160P. Genomic DNA was extracted and sequenced on Illumina paired-end and ONT long-read platforms, and de novo assemblies were generated using SPAdes, Canu, Flye, and Unicycler under short-read-only, long-read-only, and hybrid workflows, followed by evaluation with QUAST assembly metrics. Among the tested approaches, the hybrid Unicycler assembly provided the highest contiguity, yielding seven contigs and a dominant 4.55 Mb contig consistent with near-complete chromosomal representation. Downstream analyses included functional genome annotation and in silico screening of antimicrobial resistance determinants (CARD), virulence-associated genes (VFDB), and secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters (antiSMASH). Comparative genomic relatedness based on Average Nucleotide Identity (ANI) and digital DNA-DNA Hybridization (dDDH) indicated that 160P is most closely related to
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