Contamination in Reference Sequence Databases: Time for Divide-and-Rule Tactics

Contaminating sequences in public genome databases is a pervasive issue with potentially far-reaching consequences. This problem has attracted much attention in the recent literature and many different tools are now available to detect contaminants. Although these methods are based on diverse algori...

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Main Authors: Valérian Lupo, Mick Van Vlierberghe, Hervé Vanderschuren, Frédéric Kerff, Denis Baurain, Luc Cornet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.755101/full