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S. L. Westcott

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Research Focus:benchmarking· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 2 Approach:deep learning· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:database / resource· 1

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P. D. Schloss· 2 shared G. A. Dotson· 1 shared K. L. Sovacool· 1 shared M. B. Mumphrey· 1 shared

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OptiFit: an improved method for fitting amplicon sequences to existing OTUs

K. L. Sovacool, S. L. Westcott, M. B. Mumphrey, G. A. Dotson, P. D. Schloss

OptiFit improves OTU assignment by considering all reference-query sequence pairs, achieving quality similar to de novo methods while maintaining consistency across datasets.

bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2021Microbiology

OptiClust: Improved method for assigning amplicon-based sequence data to operational taxonomic units

S. L. Westcott, P. D. Schloss

OptiClust improves OTU assignment by optimizing MCC, achieving higher accuracy and speed compared to existing methods.

bioRxiv · Feb 9, 2017Microbiology