A framework for space-efficient read clustering in metagenomic samples

dc.contributor.authorAlanko, Jarno
dc.contributor.authorCunial, Fabio
dc.contributor.authorBelazzougui, Djamal
dc.contributor.authorMäkinen, Veli
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-08T10:54:16Z
dc.date.available2017-05-08T10:54:16Z
dc.date.issued2017-03-14
dc.description.abstractBackground: A metagenomic sample is a set of DNA fragments, randomly extracted from multiple cells in an environment, belonging to distinct, often unknown species. Unsupervised metagenomic clustering aims at partitioning a metagenomic sample into sets that approximate taxonomic units, without using reference genomes. Since samples are large and steadily growing, space-efficient clustering algorithms are strongly needed. Results: We design and implement a space-efficient algorithmic framework that solves a number of core primitives in unsupervised metagenomic clustering using just the bidirectional Burrows-Wheeler index and a union-find data structure on the set of reads. When run on a sample of total length n, with m reads of maximum length ℓ each, on an alphabet of total size σ, our algorithms take O(n(t+logσ)) time and just 2n+o(n)+O(max{ℓ σlogn,K logm}) bits of space in addition to the index and to the union-find data structure, where K is a measure of the redundancy of the sample and t is the query time of the union-find data structure. Conclusions: Our experimental results show that our algorithms are practical, they can exploit multiple cores by a parallel traversal of the suffix-link tree, and they are competitive both in space and in time with the state of the art.fr_FR
dc.identifier.issn1471-2105fr_FR
dc.identifier.urihttp://dl.cerist.dz/handle/CERIST/891
dc.publisherBioMed Centralfr_FR
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBMC Bioinformatics;VOLUME 18 SUPPLEMENT 3
dc.relation.pages49--60fr_FR
dc.structureCalcul pervasif et mobile (Pervasive and Mobile Computing group)fr_FR
dc.subjectMetagenomicsfr_FR
dc.subjectRead clusteringfr_FR
dc.subjectText indexingfr_FR
dc.subjectBurrows-Wheeler transformfr_FR
dc.subjectSuffix-link treefr_FR
dc.subjectRight-maximal k-merfr_FR
dc.subjectSubmaximal repeatfr_FR
dc.titleA framework for space-efficient read clustering in metagenomic samplesfr_FR
dc.typeArticle
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