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ArticleNAR genomics and bioinformatics2025

nf-core/detaxizer: a benchmarking study for decontamination from human sequences.

Jannik Seidel, Camill Kaipf, Daniel Straub, Sven Nahnsen

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Article in NAR genomics and bioinformatics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Targeted decontamination of sequencing data with CLEAN.NAR genomics and bioinformatics · 2025
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4 authors.

Jannik SeidelQuantitative Biology Center (QBiC), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2867-2335
Camill KaipfApplied Bioinformatics, Department of Computer Science, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
Daniel StraubQuantitative Biology Center (QBiC), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2553-0660
Sven NahnsenQuantitative Biology Center (QBiC), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4375-0691

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Privacy is paramount in health data, particularly in human genetics, where information extends beyond individuals to their relatives. Metagenomic datasets contain substantial human genetic material, necessitating careful handling to mitigate data leakage risks when sharing or publishing. The same applies to genetic datasets from the environment or datasets from contaminated laboratory samples, although to a lesser extent. Completely removing human sequence data while retaining unbiased nonhuman reads is not achievable currently, but several tools exist. To address these topics, we developed nf-core/detaxizer, a nextflow-based pipeline that employs Kraken2 and bbmap/bbduk for taxonomic classification, identifying and optionally filtering

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DecontaminationMetagenomicsSoftwareBenchmarkingHumans

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PMCPMC12455401

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