Hierarchically Labeled Database Indexing Allows Scalable Characterization of Microbiomes

Summary: Increasingly available microbial reference data allow interpreting the composition and function of previously uncharacterized microbial communities in detail, via high-throughput sequencing analysis. However, efficient methods for read classification are required when the best database matc...

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Main Authors: Filippo Utro, Niina Haiminen, Enrico Siragusa, Laura-Jayne Gardiner, Ed Seabolt, Ritesh Krishna, James H. Kaufman, Laxmi Parida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:iScience
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220301723