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ArticleNAR genomics and bioinformatics2025

Advancing metagenomic classification with NABAS+: a novel alignment-based approach.

Bertalan Takács, Gábor Jaksa, Erda Qorri, Zoltán Gyuris, Lajos Pintér, Lajos Haracska

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Bertalan TakácsHCEMM-HUN-REN BRC Mutagenesis and Carcinogenesis Research Group, Institute of Genetics, HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary.
Gábor JaksaDelta Bio 2000 Ltd, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary.
Erda QorriHCEMM-HUN-REN BRC Mutagenesis and Carcinogenesis Research Group, Institute of Genetics, HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary.
Zoltán GyurisDelta Bio 2000 Ltd, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary.
Lajos PintérDelta Bio 2000 Ltd, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary.
Lajos HaracskaHCEMM-HUN-REN BRC Mutagenesis and Carcinogenesis Research Group, Institute of Genetics, HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3608-5897

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Microbiome research has expanded rapidly in the last decade due to advances in sequencing technology, resulting in larger and more complex data. This has also led to the development of a plethora of metagenomic classifiers applying different algorithmic principles to classify microorganisms. However, accurate metagenomic classification remains challenging due to false positives and the need for dataset-specific tuning, limiting the comparability of distinct studies and clinical use. In this study, we demonstrate the discrepancy between current, commonly used classifiers and propose a novel classifier, NABAS+ (Novel Alignment-based Biome Analyzing Software+). NABAS+ uses BWA (Burrows-Wheeler aligner) alignment with strict RefSeq curation to ensure one reliable genome per species and filters for genomes with only high-quality reads for precise species-level identification from Illumina shotgun data. The performance of our algorithm and three commonly used classifiers was evaluated on

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