FEAST: fast expectation-maximization for microbial source tracking.

ABSTRACT: A major challenge of analyzing the compositional structure of microbiome data is identifying its potential origins. Here, we introduce fast expectation-maximization microbial source tracking (FEAST), a ready-to-use scalable framework that can simultaneously estimate the contribution of thousands of potential source environments in a timely manner, thereby helping unravel the origins of complex microbial communities ( https://github.com/cozygene/FEAST ). The information gained from FEAST may provide insight into quantifying contamination, tracking the formation of developing microbial communities, as well as distinguishing and characterizing bacteria-related health conditions.

SUBMITTER: Shenhav L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8535041 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature