taxalogue: a toolkit to create comprehensive CO1 reference databases [PDF]
Background Taxonomic identification through DNA barcodes gained considerable traction through the invention of next-generation sequencing and DNA metabarcoding.
Niklas W. Noll +2 more
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Be positive: customized reference databases and new, local barcodes balance false taxonomic assignments in metabarcoding studies [PDF]
Background In metabarcoding analyses, the taxonomic assignment is crucial to place sequencing data in biological and ecological contexts. This fundamental step depends on a reference database, which should have a good taxonomic coverage to avoid ...
Francesco Mugnai +5 more
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The use of taxon-specific reference databases compromises metagenomic classification [PDF]
A recent article in BMC Genomics describes a new bioinformatics tool, HumanMycobiomeScan, to classify fungal taxa in metagenomic samples. This tool was used to characterize the gut mycobiome of hunter-gatherers and Western populations, resulting in the ...
Vanessa R. Marcelino +2 more
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Application of ecosystem-specific reference databases for increased taxonomic resolution in soil microbial profiling [PDF]
Intensive agriculture systems have paved the way for a growing human population. However, the abundant use of mineral fertilizers and pesticides may negatively impact nutrient cycles and biodiversity.
Christina Karmisholt Overgaard +7 more
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A detailed workflow to develop QIIME2-formatted reference databases for taxonomic analysis of DNA metabarcoding data [PDF]
Background The DNA metabarcoding approach has become one of the most used techniques to study the taxa composition of various sample types. To deal with the high amount of data generated by the high-throughput sequencing process, a bioinformatics ...
Benjamin Dubois +7 more
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Wide reference databases for typing Trypanosoma cruzi based on amplicon sequencing of the minicircle hypervariable region. [PDF]
BackgroundTrypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas Disease, exhibits remarkable genetic diversity and is classified into different Discrete Typing Units (DTUs). Strain typing techniques are crucial for studying T. cruzi, because their DTUs have
Fanny Rusman +6 more
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16S rRNA metabarcoding applied to the microbiome of insect products (novel food): a comparative analysis of three reference databases [PDF]
The 16S rRNA metabarcoding, based on Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), is used to assess microbial biodiversity in various matrices, including food.
Gabriele Spatola +6 more
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Generation of Comprehensive Ecosystem-Specific Reference Databases with Species-Level Resolution by High-Throughput Full-Length 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing and Automated Taxonomy Assignment (AutoTax) [PDF]
High-throughput 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing is an essential method for studying the diversity and dynamics of microbial communities. However, this method is presently hampered by the lack of high-identity reference sequences for many environmental ...
Morten Simonsen Dueholm +7 more
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Evaluation of DNA barcoding reference databases for marine species in the western and central Pacific Ocean [PDF]
DNA barcoding is a widely used tool for species identification, with its reliability heavily dependent on reference databases. While the quality of these databases has long been debated, a critical knowledge gap remains in their comprehensive evaluation ...
Yufei Zhou +5 more
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THEREDA – Thermodynamic Reference Database [PDF]
Abstract. Part of the process to ensure the safety of radioactive waste disposal is the predictive modeling of the solubility of all relevant toxic components in a complex aqueous solution. To ensure the reliability of thermodynamic equilibrium modeling as well as to facilitate the comparison of such calculations done by different institutions, it is ...
Moog, H. C. +13 more
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