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  • vedbar
    Junior Member
    • May 2011
    • 5

    #1

    Quality Score Format

    Is there any difference in the quality score format of a sample (FASTQ) file generated by HiSeq 2000 and that by Genome Analyzer II ?


    Thank you,
    Vedbar
  • kmcarr
    Senior Member
    • May 2008
    • 1181

    #2
    There are no differences between machines, but there are between software versions. The recently released CASAVA 1.8 outputs FASTQ files with Q-scores using Phred+33 encoding as opposed to the Phred+64 used in previous versions.

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    • vedbar
      Junior Member
      • May 2011
      • 5

      #3
      Thank you for your answer.

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      • HESmith
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2009
        • 512

        #4
        Hi kmcarr,

        I know that CASAVA v1.8 is reported to produce Phred+33 Q-scores, but I just checked the export files from our last run and observed quality values up to 'i' (which would be 72!). I'll contact Illumina tech support later today and get the scoop.

        Harold

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        • HESmith
          Senior Member
          • Oct 2009
          • 512

          #5
          Follow-up:

          The bam files contain Phred+33 Q-scores, while the export files contain Phred+64.

          Aaaarrgghh!

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          • maubp
            Peter (Biopython etc)
            • Jul 2009
            • 1544

            #6
            Originally posted by HESmith View Post
            Follow-up:

            The bam files contain Phred+33 Q-scores, while the export files contain Phred+64.

            Aaaarrgghh!
            See new post on the earlier thread, http://seqanswers.com/forums/showpos...9&postcount=64

            It sounds like they've fixed their FASTQ (good), but not the in house "export" format (confusing!)

            SAM/BAM have always explicitly required PHRED scores + 33 for the ASCI encoding (like Sanger FASTQ).

            Probably best to continue this here: http://seqanswers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8895
            Last edited by maubp; 07-19-2011, 03:46 AM. Reason: typo

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