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Where can I find a small NGS raw data set?

Hi all,

I am looking for a test data set for some software I'm developing, which would be small and simple, but still biologically meaningful. What I need is raw Illumina-style NGS data - basically Fastq format files (paired end). I thought that a phage genome might be a good choice due to it's small size and simplicity, but I couldn't find such data online. Maybe NGS is a bit of an overkill for phage genomes... Any other ideas?
Just to make things clear, I'm not looking for assembled genomes, but rather for the raw data. Any database, publicly-available data set or publication that you know of?
Thanks!

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updated by Medhat Medhat • written by liorglic liorglic

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/?term=phage

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written by Benn Benn

Hi,

the Bowtie2 aligner comes with a phage example (including data): see here .

Although it's simulated data, it should serve your purposes first. If you need more simulated reads, try the FluxSimulator.

Cheers,

Michael

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