10.1371/journal.pone.0101271.g004 Qingpeng Zhang Qingpeng Zhang Jason Pell Jason Pell Rosangela Canino-Koning Rosangela Canino-Koning Adina Chuang Howe Adina Chuang Howe C. Titus Brown C. Titus Brown Time for several k-mer counting tools to retrieve the counts of 9.7 m randomly chosen k-mers (y axis), plotted against the number of distinct k-mers in the data set being queried (x axis). Public Library of Science 2014 Computational biology genome analysis Genomic databases genetics genomics molecular biology Molecular biology techniques Sequencing techniques Genome sequencing Sequence analysis Computing methods cloud computing software engineering Software tools k-mer counting tools retrieve counts randomly chosen k-mers plotted queried 2014-07-25 03:13:45 Figure https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/_Time_for_several_k_mer_counting_tools_to_retrieve_the_counts_of_9_7_m_randomly_chosen_k_mers_y_axis_plotted_against_the_number_of_distinct_k_mers_in_the_data_set_being_queried_x_axis_/1118673 <p>BFCounter, DSK, Turtle, KAnalyze, and KMC do not support this functionality.</p>