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Table 1 A previously proposed standard for reporting the quality of retrieved MAGs which uses only estimates of completeness and contamination [11]

From: bin3C: exploiting Hi-C sequencing data to accurately resolve metagenome-assembled genomes

Rank

Completeness (%)

Rank

Contamination (%)

Near

≥90

Low

≤5

Substantial

≥70 to <90

Medium

>5 to ≤10

Moderate

≥50 to <70

High

>10 to ≤15

Partial

<50

Very high

>15

  1. Completeness and contamination are independently ranked and are intended to be used in conjunction, e.g., “nearly complete and low contamination.” For simplicity when counting MAGs, we have used equivalent ranks together, but only refer to that of completeness, i.e., 90/5, 70/10, and 50/15