Mycofier: a new machine learning-based classifier for fungal ITS sequences.
Journal:
BMC research notes
Published Date:
Aug 11, 2016
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The taxonomic and phylogenetic classification based on sequence analysis of the ITS1 genomic region has become a crucial component of fungal ecology and diversity studies. Nowadays, there is no accurate alignment-free classification tool for fungal ITS1 sequences for large environmental surveys. This study describes the development of a machine learning-based classifier for the taxonomical assignment of fungal ITS1 sequences at the genus level.