Methods for The Metagenomic Data Visualization and Analysis

Autor: Dmitry G. Alexeev, Alexander V. Tyakht, Konstantin Sudarikov
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Current Issues in Molecular Biology
Volume 24
Issue 1
Pages 37-58
ISSN: 1467-3037
DOI: 10.21775/cimb.024.037
Popis: Surveys of environmental microbial communities using metagenomic approach produce vast volumes of multidimensional data regarding the phylogenetic and functional composition of the microbiota. Faced with such complex data, a metagenomic researcher needs to select the means for data analysis properly. Data visualization became an indispensable part of the exploratory data analysis and serves a key to the discoveries. While the molecular-genetic analysis of even a single bacterium presents multiple layers of data to be properly displayed and perceived, the studies of microbiota are significantly more challenging. Here we present a review of the state-of-art methods for the visualization of metagenomic data in a multi-level manner: from the methods applicable to an in-depth analysis of a single metagenome to the techniques appropriate for large-scale studies containing hundreds of environmental samples.
Databáze: OpenAIRE