A Comparison of Two DNA Metagenomic Bioinformatic Pipelines While Evaluating the Microbial Diversity in Feces of Tanzanian Small Holder Dairy Cattle.

Analysis of shotgun metagenomic data generated from next generation sequencing platforms can be done through a variety of bioinformatic pipelines. These pipelines employ different sets of sophisticated bioinformatics algorithms which may affect the results of this analysis. In this study, we compare...

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Published in:BioMed Research International pp. 1 - 13
Main Authors: Kibegwa, Felix M., Bett, Rawlynce C., Gachuiri, Charles K., Stomeo, Francesca, Mujibi, Fidalis D.
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 4/23/2020
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          Kibegwa, Felix M.
          Bett, Rawlynce C.
          Gachuiri, Charles K.
          Stomeo, Francesca
          Mujibi, Fidalis D.
        affil: Department of Animal Production, University of Nairobi, Kenya
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          Sequence Analysis Methods
          DNA Analysis
          Bioinformatics
          Feces Microbiology
          Gut Microbiota Analysis
          Animal Studies
          Tanzania
          Cattle
          Phylogenetics
          Bacteria Analysis
          Bacteroides Analysis
          Algorithms
      ab: Analysis of shotgun metagenomic data generated from next generation sequencing platforms can be done through a variety of bioinformatic pipelines. These pipelines employ different sets of sophisticated bioinformatics algorithms which may affect the results of this analysis. In this study, we compared two commonly used pipelines for shotgun metagenomic analysis: MG-RAST and Kraken 2, in terms of taxonomic classification, diversity analysis, and usability using their primarily default parameters. Overall, the two pipelines detected similar abundance distributions in the three most abundant taxa Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, and Bacteroidetes. Within bacterial domain, 497 genera were identified by both pipelines, while an additional 694 and 98 genera were solely identified by Kraken 2 and MG-RAST, respectively. 933 species were detected by the two algorithms. Kraken 2 solely detected 3550 species, while MG-RAST identified 557 species uniquely. For archaea, Kraken 2 generated 105 and 236 genera and species, respectively, while MG-RAST detected 60 genera and 88 species. 54 genera and 72 species were commonly detected by the two methods. Kraken 2 had a quicker analysis time (~4 hours) while MG-RAST took approximately 2 days per sample. This study revealed that Kraken 2 and MG-RAST generate comparable results and that a reliable high-level overview of sample is generated irrespective of the pipeline selected. However, Kraken 2 generated a more accurate taxonomic identification given the higher number of "Unclassified" reads in MG-RAST. The observed variations at the genus level show that a main restriction is using different databases for classification of the metagenomic data. The results of this research indicate that a more inclusive and representative classification of microbiomes may be achieved through creation of the combined pipelines.
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