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Table 3 Compression of identifiers and sequences: Blue color represents original file size

From: MZPAQ: a FASTQ data compression tool

Dataset

Method

Read identifiers (MB)

Sequences (MB)

Identifiers & Sequences (MB)

C-ratio

SRR554369

Original

blue60.8

blue167.4

blue228.2

 
 

gzip

7.5

48.8

56.3

4.05

 

bzip2

3.8

46.7

50.5

4.52

 

LZMA

0.8

17.6

18.4

12.40

 

Leon

0.1

18.6

18.7

12.20

 

SCALCE

6.8

17.0

23.8

9.59

 

Slimfastq

0.1

29.9

30.0

7.61

 

LFQC

0.0

17.4

17.4

green13.15

 

Deliminate

N/A

N/A

27.9

8.18

 

MFCompress

N/A

N/A

14.0

16.30

SRR327342

Original

blue978.1

blue962.3

blue1940.4

 
 

gzip

83.6

284.0

367.6

5.28

 

bzip2

70.9

269.4

340.3

5.70

 

LZMA

46.7

120.2

166.9

11.63

 

Leon

26.3

89.3

115.6

16.79

 

SCALCE

69.7

68.4

138.1

14.05

 

Slimfastq

23.0

149.0

172.0

11.28

 

LFQC

20.9

128.7

149.6

12.97

 

Deliminate

N/A

N/A

164.1

11.83

 

MFCompress

N/A

N/A

124.9

green15.54

MH0001

Original

blue416.4

blue523.8

blue940.2

 
 

gzip

36.7

157.5

194.2

4.84

 

bzip2

32.1

151.4

183.5

5.12

 

LZMA

22.0

101.7

123.7

7.60

 

Leon

20.6

87.0

107.6

8.74

 

SCALCE

76.7

70.7

147.4

6.38

 

Slimfastq

17.5

103.7

121.2

7.76

 

LFQC

16.1

103.2

119.3

7.88

 

Deliminate

N/A

N/A

115.9

8.11

 

MFCompress

N/A

N/A

111.1

green8.46

SRR1284073

Original

blue4.9

blue649.6

blue654.5

 
 

gzip

0.8

182.7

183.5

3.57

 

bzip2

0.7

176.5

177.2

3.69

 

LZMA

0.5

160.1

160.6

4.08

 

Leon

0.3

170.1

170.4

3.84

 

SCALCE

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Slimfastq

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

LFQC

0.3

155.8

156.1

4.19

 

Deliminate

N/A

N/A

155.2

4.22

 

MFCompress

N/A

N/A

155.9

green4.20

SRR870667

Original

blue3,947.2

blue7.546.1

blue11,493.3

 
 

gzip

514.3

2081.6

2595.9

4.43

 

bzip2

422.0

1,974.4

2396.4

4.80

 

LZMA

280.4

1515.7

1796.1

6.40

 

Leon

139.7

1363.1

1502.8

7.65

 

SCALCE

341.6

999.4

1341.0

8.57

 

Slimfastq

128.2

1419.1

1547.3

7.43

 

LFQC

122.2

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Deliminate

N/A

N/A

1768.5

6.50

 

MFCompress

N/A

N/A

1407.7

green8.16

ERR174310

Original

blue11,107.5

blue21,173.1

blue32,280.6

 
 

gzip

1483.8

6018.7

7501.7

4.30

 

bzip2

1223.6

5745.2

6968.8

4.63

 

LZMA

691.0

4982.0

5673.0

5.69

 

Leon

355.2

4734.4

5089.6

6.34

 

SCALCE

1073.0

3016.0

4089.0

7.89

 

Slimfastq

323.4

4426.4

4749.8

6.80

 

LFQC

N/A

N/A

N/A.0

N/A

 

Deliminate

N/A

N/A

5604.0

5.76

 

MFCompress

N/A

N/A

4666.3

green6.92

  1. Best results are bold faced and second to best are colored green. N/A refers to unsupported or unsuccessful cases