CopyRighter: a rapid tool for improving the accuracy of microbial community profiles through lineage-specific gene copy number correction

2014291 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Florent Angly · Ecogenomics (Japan)

Paul G. Dennis · University of Queensland

Adam Skarshewski · University of Queensland

Inka Vanwonterghem · University of Queensland

Philip Hugenholtz · Ecogenomics (Japan)

Gene W. Tyson · University of Queensland

Abstract

The CopyRighter bioinformatic tools permits rapid correction of GCN in microbial surveys, resulting in improved estimates of microbial abundance, α and β diversity.

Topics & Keywords

Gut microbiota and health Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Microbiome

Volume 2, Issue 1, pp. 11-11

DOI: 10.1186/2049-2618-2-11

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