Fig. 2From: STAT: a fast, scalable, MinHash-based k-mer tool to assess Sequence Read Archive next-generation sequence submissionsK-mer taxonomic merging. See “Methods” for details. a Before merging two sibling species are depicted containing both unique and shared k-mers (indicated in bold). b After merging the two shared k-mers “merge” up to the genus level, while those unique to each remain diagnostic for the speciesBack to article page