IVikodak-A Platform and Standard Workflow for Inferring, Analyzing, Comparing, and Visualizing the Functional Potential of Microbial Communities.

ABSTRACT: Background: The objectives of any metagenomic study typically include identification of resident microbes and their relative proportions (taxonomic analysis), profiling functional diversity (functional analysis), and comparing the identified microbes and functions with available metadata (comparative metagenomics). Given the advantage of cost-effectiveness and convenient data-size, amplicon-based sequencing has remained the technology of choice for exploring phylogenetic diversity of an environment. A recent school of thought, employing the existing genome annotation information for inferring functional capacity of an identified microbiome community, has given a promising alternative to Whole Genome Shotgun sequencing for functional analysis. Although a handful of tools are currentl

SUBMITTER: Nagpal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6339920 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature