Comparison of different assembly and annotation tools on analysis of simulated viral metagenomic communities in the gut

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Vázquez Castellanos, Jorge F ^a,b   García López, Rodrigo ^a,b   Pérez Brocal, Vicente ^a,b,c   Pignatelli, Miguel ^d   Moya, Andrés ^a,b,c  

^a Vaccine Research   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assembler performance; Chimera identification; Functional annotation; Taxonomic classification; Viral metagenome

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC DATABASE; INTESTINE FLORA; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAXONOMY; VIRUS GENOME;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTIG MAPPING; DATABASES, GENETIC; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTESTINES; METAGENOMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIRUSES;

EID: 84892457697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-37     Document Type: Article

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