From: Assessment of k-mer spectrum applicability for metagenomic dissimilarity analysis
Type of reference-based analysis | Method | Beta-diversity measure | Designation |
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Taxonomic profiling | Mapping to a reference catalog | Bray-Curtis | BC TAX (org), (genus) |
of 353 genomes of intestinal microbiota [31] | |||
Whole-genome version of | WG UniFrac | ||
weighted UniFrac | |||
Quantitative profiling of unique | Bray-Curtis | BC MetaPhlAn | |
clade-specific marker genes (MetaPhlAn) [48] | |||
Functional profiling | Mapping to Metahit 3,9M catalog of genes [49] | Bray-Curtis | BC COG |
grouped by COGs |