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Genome assembly with SPAdes

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Genome assembly with
SPAdes
Center for Algorithmic Biotechnology
SPbU

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Why to assemble?
● Sequencing data
○ Billions of short reads
○ Sequencing errors
○ Contaminants

Why to assemble?
● Sequencing data
○ Billions of short reads
○ Sequencing errors
○ Contaminants
● Assembly
✓
✓
✓
×
Corrects sequencing errors
Much longer sequences
Each genomic region is presented only once
May introduce errors

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Assembly basics

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Assembly in a perfect world

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Assembly in real world

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De novo whole genome assembly

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De novo whole genome assembly

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Genomic repeats
TATTCTTCCACGTAGGGCCTTCCACGCTTCG

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Genomic repeats
TATTCTTC
CTTCCACG
CACGTAGG
GGCCTTCC
CTTCCACG
CACGCTTCG
TATTCTTCCACGTAGGGCCTTCCACGCTTCG

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Genomic repeats
TATTCTTC
CTTCCACG
CACGTAGG
GGCCTTCC
CTTCCACG
CACGCTTCG

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Genomic repeats
TATTCTTCCACGTAGG
GGCCTTCCACGCTTCG
TATTCTTCCACGCTTCG
GGCCTTCCACGTAGG

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Genomic repeats
TATTCTTCCACGTAGG
ACGTAGGGCCTT
GCCTTCCACGCTTCG
TATTCTTCCACGTAGGGCCTTCCACGCTTCG

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Genomic repeats
TATTCTTCCACGTAGG
ACGTAGGGCCTT
GCCTTCCACGCTTCG

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SPAdes assembler

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SPAdes first steps
● spades.py

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SPAdes first steps
● spades.py
● spades.py --help
● spades.py --test

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SPAdes first steps
● spades.py
● spades.py --help
● spades.py --test
● -o <output_dir>

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Input data formats
● FASTA: .fasta / .fa
● FASTQ: .fastq / .fq
● Gzipped: .gz

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Input data options
Unpaired reads
● Illumina unpaired
-s single.fastq
● -s single1.fastq -s single2.fastq ...

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Input data options
Paired-end reads
● Interlaced pairs in one file
>left_read_id
ACGTGCAGG…
>right_read_id
GCTTCGAGG…
● Separate files
file1.fastq
>left_read_id
ACGTGCAGG…
file2.fastq
>right_read_id
GCTTCGAGG…

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Input data options
Paired-end reads
● Interlaced pairs in one file
--pe1-12 file.fastq
● Separate files
--pe1-1 file1.fastq --pe1-2 file2.fastq

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Input data options
Paired-end reads
● Interlaced pairs in one file
--pe1-12 file.fastq
● Separate files
--pe1-1 file1.fastq --pe1-2 file2.fastq
--pe1-s unpaired.fastq

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SPAdes performance options
● Number of threads
-t N
● Maximal available RAM (GB)
○ SPAdes will terminate if exceeded
-m M

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Pipeline options
● Run only assembler (input reads are already
corrected or quality-trimmed)
○ --only-assembler

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Input data options
Mate-pair reads
● Cannot be used separately
● Interlaced pairs in one file
--mp1-12 mp.fastq
● Separate files
--mp1-1 mp1.fastq --mp1-2 mp2.fastq

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Hybrid assembly options
● PacBio CLR
○ --pacbio pb.fastq
● Oxford Nanopore reads
○ --nanopore nanopore_reads.fastq

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Restarting SPAdes
● SPAdes / system crashed
○ --continue -o your_output_dir

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Genome assembly
evaluation with QUAST
Center for Algorithmic Biotechnology
SPbU

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In reality
ABySS
IDBA
Ray
SPAdes
Velvet
….

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Which assembler to use?
ABySS
ALLPATHS-LG
CLC
IDBA-UD
MaSuRCA
MIRA
Ray
SOAPdenovo
SPAdes
Velvet
and many more...

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Which assembler to use?
● Different technologies (Illumina, 454,
IonTorrent, ...)
● Genome type and size (bacteria, insects,
mammals, plants, ...)
● Type of prepared libraries (single reads,
paired-end, mate-pairs, combinations)
● Type of data (multicell, metagenomic, singlecell)

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There is no best assembler

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Which assembler to use?
● Assemblathon 1 & 2
○ Simulated and real datasets
○ More than 30 teams competing
● Independent studies
○ Papers (GAGE, GAGE-B, GABenchToB)
○ Web-sites (nucleotid.es, …)
○ Surveys
● Genome assembly evaluation tools
○ QUAST
○ GAGE

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Assembly evaluation
● Basic evaluation
○ No extra input
○ Very quick
● Reference-based evaluation
○ A lot of metrics
○ Very accurate
● De novo evaluation
○ Advanced analysis of de novo assemblies

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Basic statistics
Only assemblies are needed (no additional input)
Very fast to compute

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Contig sizes
● Number of contigs

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Contig sizes
● Number of contigs
● Number of large contigs (i.e. > 1000 bp)

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Contig sizes
● Number of contigs
● Number of large contigs (i.e. > 1000 bp)
● Largest contig length

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Contig sizes
● Number of contigs
● Number of large contigs (i.e. > 1000 bp)
● Largest contig length
● Total assembly length

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N50
The maximum length X for which the collection
of all contigs of length >= X covers at least 50%
of the assembly
40
70
60
20
40
30
100
30

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N50
The maximum length X for which the collection
of all contigs of length >= X covers at least 50%
of the assembly
100
70
60
40
40
30
30
20

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N50
The maximum length X for which the collection
of all contigs of length >= X covers at least 50%
of the assembly
100
70
60
390
40
40
30
30
20

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N50
The maximum length X for which the collection
of all contigs of length >= X covers at least 50%
of the assembly
100
70
60
195
390
40
40
30
30
20

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N50
The maximum length X for which the collection
of all contigs of length >= X covers at least 50%
of the assembly
100
70
60
195
390
40
40
30
30
20

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N50
The maximum length X for which the collection
of all contigs of length >= X covers at least 50%
of the assembly
100
70
60
195
390
40
40
30
30
20

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N50
The maximum length X for which the collection
of all contigs of length >= X covers at least 50%
of the assembly
100
70
60
195
390
40
40
30
30
20

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N50
The maximum length X for which the collection
of all contigs of length >= X covers at least 50%
of the assembly
100
70
60
40
195
390
N50 = 60
40
30
30
20

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L50
The minimum number X such that X longest
contigs cover at least 50% of the assembly
100
70
60
195
390
L50 = 3
40
40
30
30
20

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L50
The minimum number X such that X longest
contigs cover at least 50% of the assembly
100
70
60
195
390
L50 = 3
40
40
30
30
20

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N50-variations
● N25, N75
● L25, L75
100
70
60
40
40
30
97.5
390
N25 = 100, N75 = 40
L25 = 1, L75 = 5
30
20

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N50-variations
● N25, N75
● L25, L75
100
70
60
40
40
30
97.5
390
N25 = 100, N75 = 40
L25 = 1, L75 = 5
30
20

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N50-variations
● N25, N75
● L25, L50, L75

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N50-variations
● N25, N75
● L25, L50, L75
● Nx, Lx

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Other
● Number of N’s per 100 kbp

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Other
● Number of N’s per 100 kbp
● GC %

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Other
● Number of N’s per 100 kbp
● GC %
● Distributions of GC % in small windows:
GC=37
GC=44
GC=...
GC=41

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Other

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Reference-based metrics
● A lot of metrics
● Accurate assessment

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Basic reference statistics
● Reference length
● Reference GC %
● Number of chromosomes

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Basic reference statistics
● NGx, LGx
100
70
60
40
40
500
NG50 = 40
LG50 = 4
30
30
20

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Basic reference statistics
● NGx, LGx
100
70
60
40
40
250
500
NG50 = 40
LG50 = 4
30
30
20

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Basic reference statistics
● NGx, LGx
100
70
60
40
40
250
500
NG50 = 40 40
LG50 = 4 4
30
30
20

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Alignment statistics
Assembly
Reference genome

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Alignment statistics

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Alignment statistics
● Genome fraction %

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Alignment statistics
● Genome fraction %
● Duplication ratio

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Alignment statistics
● Genome fraction %
● Duplication ratio
● Number of gaps

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Alignment statistics
Genome fraction %
Duplication ratio
Number of gaps
Largest alignment length

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Alignment statistics
Genome fraction %
Duplication ratio
Number of gaps
Largest alignment length
Number of unaligned contigs (full & partial)

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Alignment statistics
Genome fraction %
Duplication ratio
Number of gaps
Largest alignment length
Number of unaligned contigs (full & partial)
Number of mismatches/indels per 100 kbp

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Alignment statistics
Genome fraction %
Duplication ratio
Number of gaps
Largest alignment length
Number of unaligned contigs (full & partial)
Number of mismatches/indels per 100 kbp
Number of genes/operons (full & partial)

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Misassemblies
Contig
Reference genome
Chromosome 1
Chromosome 2

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Misassemblies
Contig
Reference genome
Chromosome 1
Chromosome 2
> 1kbp
Relocation
Chromosome 1
Chromosome 2
Inversion
Chromosome 1
Chromosome 2
Translocation
Chromosome 1
Chromosome 2

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NB!
There is no best metric

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NA50
Assembly A
Assembly B
200
100

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NA50
Assembly A
Assembly B
200
100
Reference genome

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NA50
Assembly A
Assembly B
200
100
N50 = 200
# misassemblies = 2
Reference genome
N50 = 100
# misassemblies = 0

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NA50
Assembly A
Assembly B
200
100
N50 = 200
# misassemblies = 2
NA50 = 100
Reference genome
N50 = 100
# misassemblies = 0
NA50 = 100

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QUality ASsesment Tool
for Genome Assemblies

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QUAST
● Assembly statistics
○ Basic statistics
○ Reference-based evaluation
○ Simple de novo evaluation
● Available as a web-based and a command
line tool
● quast.sf.net

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QUAST: console tool
● quast.py
● quast.py --help

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QUAST basics
● quast.py
● quast.py --help
● quast.py contigs.fasta
● quast.py [options] contigs.fasta
● quast.py -o out_dir contigs.fasta

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Reference options
● Reference genome
○ -R reference.fasta
● Gene annotation
○ -G genes.gff
● Operon annotation
○ -O operons.gff

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QUAST output
● Reports in different formats
○ Plain text table
○ Tab separated values (Excel, Google Spreadsheets)
○ Interactive HTML
● Plots (PDF/PNG/SVG)
○ Nx, NGx, NAx
○ Genes
○ Cumulative length
● Interactive contig viewers (Icarus)
○ Contig alignment viewer
○ Contig size viewer