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Taxonomic Resolution of 16S rRNA, FastANI, Mash, and FastAAI across 30,495 Prokaryotic Type-Strain Genomes
David Wayne Ussery, Momtaz Zamila Bukharid, Ranabir Majumder…·Arghavan Alisoltani
The paper benchmarks 16S rRNA, FastANI, Mash, and FastAAI on 30,495 prokaryotic genomes to evaluate their taxonomic resolution across ranks, finding no single method is optimal across all levels.
DOI 10.64898/2026.07.15.738563