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ReviewNational science review2025

Cutting-edge deep-learning based tools for metagenomic research.

Eli Levy Karin, Martin Steinegger

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Review in National science review, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. AIM: AI for microbiology.National science review · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Eli Levy KarinELKMO, Copenhagen 2720, Denmark.
Martin SteineggerSchool of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent years have seen incredible progress in the development of deep-learning (DL) tools for the analysis of biological data, with the most prominent example being AlphaFold2 for accurate protein structure prediction. DL-based tools are especially useful for identifying patterns and connections within sparsely labeled datasets. This makes them essential for the analysis of metagenomic data, which is mostly unannotated and bears little sequence similarity to known genes and proteins. In this review, we chose to present 12 tools which we deem as offering novel capabilities for metagenomic analysis by utilizing interesting DL techniques. This review is thus intended to be a solid starting point for any data scientist looking to apply advanced methods to explore metagenomic datasets. For each DL-based tool, we present its computational principles, followed by relevant examples of its application where possible and a note on its limitations.

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deep learningfunction annotationmetagenomicsmicrobialstructure prediction

Identifiers

PMID40469774
PMCPMC12136054

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