A Systematic Benchmark of Antibiotic Resistance Gene Detection Tools for Shotgun Metagenomic Datasets
Sumeet K. Tiwari, Alise Jany Ponsero, Samuel J. Haynes, Judit Tálas, Kal P. Grimes, Andrea Telatin
This study benchmarks five ARG detection tools on simulated metagenomic datasets, showing coverage and community complexity impact accuracy, with ARGprofiler leading in F1-score and computational efficiency.
bioRxiv · Feb 6, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics