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. 2023 Mar 3;3:1157956. doi: 10.3389/fbinf.2023.1157956

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Illustration of a typical metagenomic analysis. (A) Sample collection, (B) Marker gene detection and taxonomic assignment. (C) DNA reads are mapped to a reference genome. (D) DNA reads are assembled into contigs using de novo assembly.