Living_Systems

Emu

The lr:hq minimap2 profile speeds up Emu by an order of magnitude for 16S data

Emu is a popular read classifier and abundance estimator for 16S sequencing (sequencing of the 16S ribosomal RNA subunit, which is a common method for determining the abundance of bacteria in a sample, typically at the granularity of genus and/or species). We use it as part of the Trana pipeline for a selection of 16S …