A Goldilocks Principle for the Gut Microbiome: Taxonomic Resolution Matters for Microbiome-Based Classification of Colorectal Cancer
C. R. Armour, B. D. Topcuoglu, A. Garretto, P. D. Schloss
This study finds that optimal taxonomic resolution for microbiome-based colorectal cancer classification is at the family level, with performance decreasing at finer resolutions like ASVs.
bioRxiv · Oct 22, 2021Microbiology