Reference-free comparison of microbial communities via de Bruijn graphs
Serghei Mangul, David Koslicki
This paper introduces a reference-free method for comparing microbial communities using de Bruijn graphs and Earth Mover's Distance, showing it can distinguish between case and control samples in a coronary artery calcification study.
bioRxiv · May 24, 2016 · PreprintBioinformatics