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ArticlePeerJ2020

Deconvolute individual genomes from metagenome sequences through short read clustering.

Kexue Li, Yakang Lu, Li Deng, Lili Wang, Lizhen Shi, Zhong Wang

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Kexue Li *School of Mechanics Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.
Yakang Lu *School of Mechanics Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.
Li DengSchool of Mechanics Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.
Lili WangSchool of Mechanics Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.
Lizhen ShiDepartment of Computer Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Zhong WangDepartment of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6307-0458

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metagenome assembly from short next-generation sequencing data is a challenging process due to its large scale and computational complexity. Clustering short reads by species before assembly offers a unique opportunity for parallel downstream assembly of genomes with individualized optimization. However, current read clustering methods suffer either false negative (under-clustering) or false positive (over-clustering) problems. Here we extended our previous read clustering software, SpaRC, by exploiting statistics derived from multiple samples in a dataset to reduce the under-clustering problem. Using synthetic and real-world datasets we demonstrated that this method has the potential to cluster almost all of the short reads from genomes with sufficient sequencing coverage. The improved read clustering in turn leads to improved downstream genome assembly quality.

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Apache SparkMetagenome clusteringShort-read clustering

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PMID32296615
PMCPMC7150542

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