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Table 1 Types of reference-based analyses used in the study

From: Assessment of k-mer spectrum applicability for metagenomic dissimilarity analysis

Type of reference-based analysis

Method

Beta-diversity measure

Designation

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