MetaPhlAn

MetaPhlAn (Metagenomic Phylogenetic Analysis) is a software tool that profiles metagenomic shotgun sequencing data to identify microbes populating a microbial community and their proportions. The MetaPhlAn algorithm uses unique clade-specific markers from ~110 eukaryotic, ~3,500 viral, and ~13,500 bacterial and archaeal genomes.

Topic

Metagenomics;Phylogenomics

Detail

  • Operation: Nucleic acid sequence analysis;Phylogenetic tree analysis

  • Software interface: Command-line user interface;Web user interface

  • Language: Python

  • License: The MIT licence

  • Cost: Free

  • Version name: 3.0

  • Credit: NIH, NSF.

  • Input: -

  • Output: -

  • Contact: chuttenh@hsph.harvard.edu, levesque@hsph.harvard.edu

  • Collection: -

  • Maturity: Mature

Publications

  • Metagenomic microbial community profiling using unique clade-specific marker genes.
  • Segata N, Waldron L, Ballarini A, Narasimhan V, Jousson O, Huttenhower C. Metagenomic microbial community profiling using unique clade-specific marker genes. Nat Methods. 2012 Jun 10;9(8):811-4.
  • https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.2066
  • PMID: 22688413
  • PMC: PMC3443552

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