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ntStat: k-mer characterization using occurrence statistics in raw sequencing data.

Parham Kazemi^1,2, Lauren Coombe¹, René L Warren¹

¹BC Cancer Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada.

Plos Computational Biology

|April 1, 2026

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ntStat is a new toolkit for k-mer counting that uses Bloom filters for efficient analysis of genomic data. It provides accurate insights into genome characteristics and outperforms other tools in speed and memory usage.

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Background:

K-mer counts are essential for genomic analysis tasks like genome assembly and variant detection.
Existing k-mer counting tools use various methods for efficiency, including parallelism and probabilistic data structures.
K-mer count distributions reveal crucial genomic features such as genome size, heterozygosity, and basecalling quality.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce ntStat, a novel toolkit for k-mer counting and depth analysis.
To leverage succinct Bloom filter data structures for efficient tracking of k-mer information.
To enable de novo inference of genomic insights from k-mer data.

Main Methods:

Utilized succinct Bloom filter data structures for tracking k-mer counts and depth.
Employed evolutionary computation to model k-mer count histograms.
Compared ntStat's performance against established tools like DSK, BFCounter, Jellyfish, and KMC3.

Main Results:

ntStat demonstrated superior speed compared to DSK, BFCounter, hackgap, and Squeakr.
ntStat used less memory than other non-disk-based k-mer counters, achieving 99.5-99.9% accuracy.
The histogram analysis module accurately estimated heterozygosity and k-mer coverage in simulated long-read datasets.

Conclusions:

ntStat offers an efficient and accurate solution for k-mer counting and genomic analysis.
The toolkit provides valuable de novo insights into genome characteristics and sequencing data quality.
ntStat represents a significant advancement in k-mer analysis tools for large-scale genomics research.