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Table 1 Datasets generated in this study and the results of barcoding using ONTbarcoder at 200X coverage (Consensus by Length) and 100X coverage (Consensus by Similarity)

From: ONTbarcoder and MinION barcodes aid biodiversity discovery and identification by everyone, for everyone

Dataset name

Flow cell details

Run time/Guppy version

Raw reads/reads passing length threshold/reads of suitable length/ demultiplexed

Demultiplexing rate/# QC_compliant barcodes/# Filtered barcodes with 1 N/# Filtered barcodes with > 1 N /# Unreliable barcodes

MinION R10.3 datasets

 Mixed Diptera

(658 bp, N=511)

R10.3: reused flow cell: 71 pores according to QC, but 500+ active during run

Runtime: 27.5 h

Guppy: 4.2.3+f90bd04

3,864,000/3,425,357/3,560,389/1,544,758

43.39%/495/2/5/8

Total success rate= 502/511 (98.2%)

 Afrotropical Phoridae

(658 bp, N=4275)

R10.3: new flow cell:

QC: 1101 pores

Runtime: 49.5 h

Guppy: 4.0.11+f1071ce

6,838,903/5,465,164/5,474,306/2,681,029

48.97%/3722/121/59/247

Total success rate= 3905/4275 (91.3%)

 Palaearctic Phoridae

(658 bp, N=9932)

R10.3: new flow cell:

QC: 1239 pores

Runtime: 47.5 h

Guppy: 4.2.3+f90bd04

16,595,984/15,658,174/16,100,505/5,012,489

31.13%/8026/108/231/780

Total success rate= 8365/9932 (84.2%)

 Palaearctic Phoridae

(313 bp, N=9929)

R10.3: new flow cell:

QC: 1297 pores

Runtime: 37 h

Guppy: 4.2.3+f90bd04

13,690,869/13,221,764/10,366,455/12,983,260/2,015,135

15.52%/8705/118/112/899

Total success rate= 8935/9929 (90%)

Flongle datasets

 Mixed Diptera Subsample

(658 bp, N=257)

Flongle: new

QC: 81 pores

Runtime: 24 h

Guppy: v 4.0.11+f1071ce

294,896/222,189/190,952/33,270

17.42%/185/35/20/9

Total success rate= 240/257 (93.4%)

 Chironomidae

(313 bp, N=191)

Flongle: new

QC: 74 pores

Runtime: 15 h

Guppy: 4.2.3+f90bd04

560,062/525,087/504,621/108,574

21.52%/178/1/2/6

Total success rate= 181/191 (94.8%)