The Influences of Bioinformatics Tools and Reference Databases in Analyzing the Human Oral Microbial Community

There is currently no criterion to select appropriate bioinformatics tools and reference databases for analysis of 16S rRNA amplicon data in the human oral microbiome. Our study aims to determine the influence of multiple tools and reference databases on α-diversity measurements and β-diversity comp...

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Main Authors: Maria A. Sierra, Qianhao Li, Smruti Pushalkar, Bidisha Paul, Tito A Sandoval, Angela R. Kamer, Patricia Corby, Yuqi Guo, Ryan Richard Ruff, Alexander V. Alekseyenko, Xin Li, Deepak Saxena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Genes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/8/878