Table 1 Simulated datasets used for evaluating and optimizing the IMSA+A protocol

Experiment

Read length/coverage

Read length

Bacteria Coverage

Bacteria seq depth^b

Bacteria gene selection

Bacteria species^a

Fungi coverage

Fungi seq depth^b

Fungi gene selection

Fungi species^a

Virus coverage

Virus seq depth^b

Virus gene selection

Virus strains^a

Human coverage

Human gene coverage

Human Seq depth^b

Human reads after subtraction