Coverage is defined as the number of available sequencing reads per cell per amplicon (reads per cell per antibody for protein).
Expected cell throughput for determining total reads required is ~5,000 cells for V2 chemistry and ~11,000 cells for V3 chemistry
This throughput assumes loading at the maximum recommended concentration (4,000 cells/µL for V2 chemistry and 3,000 cells/µL for V3 chemistry). Cell throughput will vary depending on many factors such as whole cells vs nuclei, heme vs solid tumor samples, cell size, and viability. Your typical throughput may vary. If initially too few reads are allocated, libraries may be resequenced and both new and old reads can be processed at the same time to achieve desired coverage.
DNA libraries
Mission Bio recommends an average coverage of 80x read pairs per amplicon.** This represents the total number before filtering to allow for adequate read depth post filtering and cell calling.
The total number of reads required for one sample can be calculated as follows:
Total reads with AML panel (example):
- number of expected cells x number of amplicons x recommended coverage
- V2 ~ 5,000 x 127 x 80 = 50.8 M read pairs
- V3 ~ 11,000 x 127 x 80 = 111.8 M read pairs
This 60 – 80X criteria takes the following into account and aims to provide sufficient sequence information needed to perform robust genotyping across all cells and amplicons:
- Not all outputted sequencing reads are associated to cells. Typically, 40 – 70 % of reads are mapped to cells and the rest linked to off-target events, non-incorporated barcodes, compromised cells, etc.
- Not all amplicons are equally well-performing. Amplicons that are amplified by primers in more challenging genomic loci, e.g., GC-rich regions, receive on average a lower number of sequencing reads compared to other amplicons. The 60 – 80X coverage criteria accounts for that imbalance to maximize the read number for low-performing amplicons.
** 1 R1 read + 1 R2 read = 1 read pair. Note that illumina references single-end reads and paired-end reads specifications for their flow cells. Our coverage requirements align with the single-end read numbers provided by illumina (ie a NovaSeq 6000 SP flow cell can provide 650-800 M Read Pairs).
Protein libraries
Mission Bio recommends an average coverage of 750x read pairs per cell per antibody. This represents the total number before filtering to allow for adequate read depth post filtering and cell calling.
The total number of read pairs required for one sample can be calculated as follows:
Total reads with 10-AOC panel (example):
- number of expected cells x number of amplicons x recommended coverage
- V2 5,000 x 10 x 750 = 37.5 M read pairs
- V3 11,000 x 10 x 750 = 75 M read pairs
Tapestri Bulk DNA Sequencing Libraries
Mission Bio recommends 80x read pairs per amplicon; the bulk kit is analogous to a Tapestri run with only 1 cell barcode. As this is typically a very small number of read pairs, 10,000-80,000, the library will likely require at least an 100x dilution for most sequencing configurations.