A New Alignment-Free Whole Metagenome Comparison Tool and Its Application on Gut Microbiomes of Wild Giant Pandas

The comparison of metagenomes is crucial for studying the relationship between microbial communities and environmental factors. One recently published alignment-free whole metagenome comparison method based on k-mer frequencies, Libra, showed higher resolutions than the present fastest method, Mash,...

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Main Authors: Jiuhong Dong, Shuai Liu, Yaran Zhang, Yi Dai, Qi Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01061/full