Investigating the impact of database choice on the accuracy of metagenomic read classification for the rumen microbiome

The Roslin Institute forms part of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh. This project was supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC; BB/S006680/1, BB/R015023/1), including institute strategic program grant BBS/E/D/30002276. R.H.S. is supported by an EASTBIO studentship funded by BBSRC (BB/M010996/1). A.W.W. and the Rowett Institute receive core financial support from the Scottish Government Rural and Environmental Sciences and Analytical Services (SG-RESAS). We would like to thank all of those who were involved in creating and publicly sharing both the Hungate Collection data and the RUG data.Peer reviewedPublisher PD