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1. 1. Phylogenetic analysis of aquatic microbiomes : Evolution of the brackish microbiome

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

   Author : Ziling Deng; [2020]
   Keywords : Metagonome; Aquatic environments; Biodiversity; Evolution; Phylogenetic tree; Ancestor state reconstruction; Biome origin; Metagenom; vattenmiljöer; biologisk mångfald; utveckling; fylogenetiskt träd; rekonstruktion av förfäder; biom-ursprung;

   Abstract : Microorganisms play crucial roles in aquatic environments in determining ecosystemstability and driving the turnover of elements essential to life. Understanding thedistribution and evolution of aquatic microorganisms will help us predict how aquaticecosystems will respond to Global Change, and such understanding can be gained bystudying these processes of the past. READ MORE

3. 2. Clustering metagenome contigs using coverage with CONCOCT

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

   Author : Brynjar Smári Bjarnason; [2017]
   Keywords : metagenomics; coverage; composition; k-mer; clustering; mixture model; gaussian; dirichlet process; machine learning;

   Abstract : Metagenomics allows studying genetic potentials of microorganisms without prior cultivation. Since metagenome assembly results in fragmented genomes, a key challenge is to cluster the genome fragments (contigs) into more or less complete genomes. READ MORE