RTK: efficient rarefaction analysis of large datasets

Abstract: Motivation: The rapidly expanding microbiomics field is generating increasingly larger datasets, characterizing the microbiota in diverse environments. Although classical numerical ecology methods provide a robust statistical framework for their analysis, software currently available is in...

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Hauptverfasser: Saary, Paul (VerfasserIn) , Forslund, Kristoffer (VerfasserIn) , Bork, Peer (VerfasserIn) , Hildebrand, Falk (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 15 August 2017
In: Bioinformatics
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 33, Heft: 16, Pages: 2594-2595
ISSN:1367-4811
DOI:10.1093/bioinformatics/btx206
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btx206
Verlag, Volltext: https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/33/16/2594/3111845
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Verfasserangaben:Paul Saary, Kristoffer Forslund, Peer Bork and Falk Hildebrand
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract: Motivation: The rapidly expanding microbiomics field is generating increasingly larger datasets, characterizing the microbiota in diverse environments. Although classical numerical ecology methods provide a robust statistical framework for their analysis, software currently available is inadequate for large datasets and some computationally intensive tasks, like rarefaction and associated analysis. Results: Here we present a software package for rarefaction analysis of large count matrices, as well as estimation and visualization of diversity, richness and evenness. Our software is designed for ease of use, operating at least 7x faster than existing solutions, despite requiring 10x lessmemory. Availability and Implementation: Cþþand R source code (GPL v.2) as well as binaries are available from https://github.com/hildebra/Rarefaction and from CRAN (https://cran.r-project.org/).
Beschreibung:Advance Access Publication Date: 7 April 2017
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ISSN:1367-4811
DOI:10.1093/bioinformatics/btx206