metaSPARSim: a 16S rRNA gene sequencing count data simulator

Abstract Background In the last few years, 16S rRNA gene sequencing (16S rDNA-seq) has seen a surprisingly rapid increase in election rate as a methodology to perform microbial community studies. Despite the considerable popularity of this technique, an exiguous number of specific tools are currentl...

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Main Authors: Ilaria Patuzzi, Giacomo Baruzzo, Carmen Losasso, Antonia Ricci, Barbara Di Camillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12859-019-2882-6