ReprDB and panDB: minimalist databases with maximal microbial representation

Abstract Background Profiling of shotgun metagenomic samples is hindered by a lack of unified microbial reference genome databases that (i) assemble genomic information from all open access microbial genomes, (ii) have relatively small sizes, and (iii) are compatible to various metagenomic read mapp...

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Main Authors: Wei Zhou, Nicole Gay, Julia Oh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-018-0399-2