Circling in on plasmids: benchmarking plasmid detection and reconstruction tools for short-read data from diverse species
Marco Teixeira, Célia Souque, Colin J. Worby, Terrance Shea, Nicoletta Commins, Joshua T Smith, Arjun M. Miklos, Thomas Abeel, Ashlee M. Earl, Abigail L. Manson
This study benchmarks plasmid detection and reconstruction tools on short-read assemblies from diverse bacterial species, finding performance varies with database coverage and assembly quality.
Briefings in Bioinformatics · Nov 1, 2025Peer-reviewedBioinformatics