Embracing Metagenomic Complexity with a Genome-Free Approach
oleh: Izaak Coleman, Tal Korem
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | American Society for Microbiology 2021-08-01 |
Deskripsi
A central paradigm in microbiome data analysis, which we term the genome-centric paradigm, is that a linear (nonbranching) DNA sequence is the ideal representation of a microbial genome. This representation is natural, as microbes indeed have nonbranching genomes.