Taxamat

Taxamat automates curation and preprocessing of biodiversity datasets by summing taxon abundances at specified taxonomic ranks, filtering and excluding taxa, merging samples, and producing files compatible with common bioinformatics programs to prepare data for downstream statistical analysis.

Key Features:

• Automated curation: Creates summed abundance values at specified taxonomic ranks and excludes specified taxa to optimize datasets for analysis.
• Taxonomic classification and filtering: Performs taxonomic classification and allows dataset refinement through taxon-level filtering.
• Sample merging and downsampling: Merges multiple sample files into single datasets and provides downsampling options to control dataset size and complexity.
• File compatibility: Reads and writes input and output files in formats compatible with commonly used bioinformatics programs.

Scientific Applications:

• Ecological and environmental research: Prepares curated biodiversity datasets for ecological analyses and environmental monitoring studies.
• Large-scale sequencing projects: Supports data management for metagenomics and microbiome analyses by producing analysis-ready abundance and taxonomic tables.

Methodology:

Performs summed abundance calculations at specified taxonomic ranks, taxon exclusion, taxonomic classification and filtering, sample merging, downsampling, and input/output file handling compatible with common bioinformatics programs.