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(2017) Critical assessment of metagenome interpretation - a benchmark of metagenomics software. Nature Methods, 14 (11). pp. 1063-1071. doi:10.1038/nmeth.4458
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.4458
Abstract
Methods for assembly, taxonomic profiling and binning are key to interpreting metagenome data, but a lack of consensus about benchmarking complicates performance assessment. The Critical Assessment of Metagenome Interpretation (CAMI) challenge has engaged the global developer community to benchmark their programs on highly complex and realistic data sets, generated from ∼700 newly sequenced microorganisms and ∼600 novel viruses and plasmids and representing common experimental setups. Assembly and genome binning programs performed well for species represented by individual genomes but were substantially affected by the presence of related strains. Taxonomic profiling and binning programs were proficient at high taxonomic ranks, with a notable performance decrease below family level. Parameter settings markedly affected performance, underscoring their importance for program reproducibility. The CAMI results highlight current challenges but also provide a roadmap for software selection to answer specific research questions.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Microbiology & Infection Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Nature Methods | ||||||
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1548-7091 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 2 October 2017 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 14 | ||||||
| Number: | 11 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1063-1071 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1038/nmeth.4458 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
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