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MetaBinG2: a fast and accurate metagenomic sequence classification system for samples with many unknown organisms.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Many methods have been developed for metagenomic sequence classification, and most of them depend heavily on genome sequences of the known organisms. A large portion of sequencing sequences may be classified as unknown, which greatly impairs our understanding of the whole sample. RESULT:Here we present MetaBinG2, a fast method for metagenomic sequence classification, especially for samples with a large number of unknown organisms. MetaBinG2 is based on sequence composition, and uses GPUs to accelerate its speed. A million 100 bp Illumina sequences can be classified in about 1 min on a computer with one GPU card. We evaluated MetaBinG2 by comparing it to multiple popular existing methods. We then applied MetaBinG2 to the dataset of MetaSUB Inter-City Challenge provided by CAMDA data analysis contest and compared community composition structures for environmental samples from different public places across cities. CONCLUSION:Compared to existing methods, MetaBinG2 is fast and accurate, especially for those samples with significant proportions of unknown organisms. REVIEWERS:This article was reviewed by Drs. Eran Elhaik, Nicolas Rascovan, and Serghei Mangul.

SUBMITTER: Qiao Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6104016 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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MetaBinG2: a fast and accurate metagenomic sequence classification system for samples with many unknown organisms.

Qiao Yuyang Y Jia Ben B Hu Zhiqiang Z Sun Chen C Xiang Yijin Y Wei Chaochun C

Biology direct 20180822 1

<h4>Background</h4>Many methods have been developed for metagenomic sequence classification, and most of them depend heavily on genome sequences of the known organisms. A large portion of sequencing sequences may be classified as unknown, which greatly impairs our understanding of the whole sample.<h4>Result</h4>Here we present MetaBinG2, a fast method for metagenomic sequence classification, especially for samples with a large number of unknown organisms. MetaBinG2 is based on sequence composit ...[more]

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MetaBinG2: a fast and accurate metagenomic sequence classification system for samples with many unknown organisms.

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MetaBinG2: a fast and accurate metagenomic sequence classification system for samples with many unknown organisms.

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