What would be the best system for sequencing viral particles from environmental samples? I have two possibilities - MiSeq oraz HiSeq4000 (Illumina). I will have 3 samples of DNA and 3 samples of cDNA (rewritten from RNA).
MiSeq is preferable because of easier run preparation. You may have up to 20M reads, it could be up to 10Gb depending on read length and library insert size. This amount of data equals 1000 viral genomes 100Kb length with 100x coverage.