Lightweight taxonomic profiling of long-read metagenomic datasets with Lemur and Magnet

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Sapoval, Nicolae, Liu, Yunxi, Curry, Kristen D, Kille, Bryce, Huang, Wenyu, Kokroko, Natalie, Nute, Michael G, Tyshaieva, Alona, Dilthey, Alexander, Molloy, Erin K, Treangen, Todd J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 25.08.2024

The advent of long-read sequencing of microbiomes necessitates the development of new taxonomic profilers tailored to long-read shotgun metagenomic datasets. Here, we introduce Lemur and Magnet, a pair of tools optimized for lightweight and accurate taxonomic profiling for long-read shotgun metageno...