Simple statistical identification and removal of contaminant sequences in marker-gene and metagenomics data

Nicole M. Davis; Diana M. Proctor; Susan Holmes; David A. Relman; Benjamin J. Callahan

doi:10.1186/s40168-018-0605-2

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MetagenomicsBiologyComputational biologyIdentification (biology)Medical microbiologyMicrobial ecologyGeneGeneticsBioinformaticsEcologyMicrobiologyBacteria

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Year: 2018
Type: article
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Pages: 226-226
Citations: 3092
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                                    Nicole M. Davis, 
                                
                                    Diana M. Proctor, 
                                
                                    Susan Holmes
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            Simple statistical identification and removal of contaminant sequences in marker-gene and metagenomics data. 
                            Microbiome
                            , 6
                            (1)
                            , 226-226.
                            https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0605-2
                        

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DOI: 10.1186/s40168-018-0605-2