DerrickWood / kraken2

The second version of the Kraken taxonomic sequence classification system
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Difference between standard and minikraken databases #813

Open minchanceking opened 3 months ago

minchanceking commented 3 months ago

I used results derived from the minikraken database, but a review suggested reanalyzing with the standard database. Personally, I prefer the minikraken database because it seems to be composed mainly of significant strains, as opposed to the standard database, which may include a wider variety of miscellaneous strains. Both seem to be based on the refseq database. According to Dr. Lu in query #207, the minikraken database was created using complete bacteria sequences. How does this differ from the standard database?