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Competitive Genomic Screens of Barcoded Yeast Libraries

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Benchmarking DNA barcode decoding strategies under high error rates.

Franco Poma-Soto^1,2, Hanne Van Droogenbroeck^1,2, Brecht Soulliaert^1,2

¹Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.

BMC Bioinformatics

|June 24, 2026

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QUIK software offers high accuracy and speed for DNA barcode decoding in spatial transcriptomics. It outperforms other methods in identifying biomolecules from complex, error-prone sequencing data.

Keywords:

Barcode calling Benchmarking Demultiplexing Error correction High-throughput sequencing Photolithography Spatial transcriptomics

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Area of Science:

Genomics
Bioinformatics
Molecular Biology

Background:

DNA barcoding is crucial for multiplexed biomolecule identification in pooled sequencing.
High-density barcode arrays for spatial transcriptomics face significant synthesis errors (10-20% per nucleotide).
Existing error-correcting codes are inadequate for large library sizes and high error rates.

Purpose of the Study:

To benchmark computational barcode decoding approaches for spatial transcriptomics.
To evaluate performance under realistic synthesis error conditions and varying barcode lengths.
To identify the most scalable and accurate decoding method.

Main Methods:

Benchmarking of three decoding algorithms: Columba, QUIK, and RandomBarcodes.
Utilized simulated datasets with varying barcode lengths (28-36 nt), library sizes (21k-85k), and error rates (9-32%).
Validated performance on empirical data from photolithographically synthesized arrays.

Main Results:

QUIK demonstrated superior recall (87-89%) and precision at medium error rates (~23%) compared to RandomBarcodes and Columba.
QUIK exhibited significantly higher scalability, processing reads much faster per GPU.
34-nt barcodes with QUIK achieved 75% recall at 99.97% precision, outperforming shorter barcodes.

Conclusions:

QUIK offers the best balance of speed, accuracy, and scalability for spatial transcriptomics with high-density arrays.
Recommended barcode lengths of 34 nt for achieving high read recovery and precision.
QUIK is optimized for realistic synthesis error conditions in high-throughput applications.