AUTHOR=Hou Yujie , Zhang Xiong , Zhou Qinyan , Hong Wenxing , Wang Ying TITLE=Hierarchical Microbial Functions Prediction by Graph Aggregated Embedding JOURNAL=Frontiers in Genetics VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2020 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2020.608512 DOI=10.3389/fgene.2020.608512 ISSN=1664-8021 ABSTRACT=
Matching 16S rRNA gene sequencing data to a metabolic reference database is a meaningful way to predict the metabolic function of bacteria and archaea, bringing greater insight to the working of the microbial community. However, some operational taxonomy units (OTUs) cannot be functionally profiled, especially for microbial communities from non-human samples cultured in defective media. Therefore, we herein report the development of Hierarchical micrObial functions Prediction by graph aggregated Embedding (HOPE), which utilizes co-occurring patterns and nucleotide sequences to predict microbial functions. HOPE integrates topological structures of microbial co-occurrence networks with