Microbial networks are an increasingly popular tool to investigate microbial community
structure, as they integrate multiple types of information and may represent systems-level …

Abstract Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) combined with powerful bioinformatic
approaches are revolutionising food microbiology. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of …

Short-amplicon 16S rRNA gene sequencing is currently the method of choice for studies
investigating microbiomes. However, comparative studies on differences in procedures are …

Background Taxonomic classification of marker-gene sequences is an important step in
microbiome analysis. Results We present q2-feature-classifier (https://github. com/qiime2/q2 …

High-throughput sequencing of 16S ribosomal RNA gene amplicons has facilitated
understanding of complex microbial communities, but the inherent noise in PCR and DNA …

High-depth sequencing of universal marker genes such as the 16S rRNA gene is a common
strategy to profile microbial communities. Traditionally, sequence reads are clustered into …

Sequence clustering is a basic bioinformatics task that is attracting renewed attention with
the development of metagenomics and microbiomics. The latest sequencing techniques …

With the continuous growth of the human population and associated need for high‐quality
protein, the aquaculture sector will be required to increase significantly in productivity. This …

Microbial communities are commonly studied using culture-independent methods, such as
16S rRNA gene sequencing. However, one challenge in accurately characterizing microbial …

Metagenomic methods enable the simultaneous characterization of microbial communities
without time-consuming and bias-inducing culturing. Metagenome-assembled genome …