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  • Bioinformatics
  • Computational Biology
  • Ecology

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  • DNA sequencing generates large datasets with taxonomic information.
  • Taxonomic data is often inconsistently encoded and difficult to manipulate due to its hierarchical nature.
  • Lack of a standardized approach across R packages hinders data integration and analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a robust and flexible R package, taxa, for storing and manipulating taxonomic data.
  • To provide tools that handle the hierarchical structure of taxonomic classifications.
  • To ensure associated application-specific data is preserved and synchronized with taxonomic changes.

Main Methods:

  • Developed the taxa R package with parsers to ingest taxonomic information from diverse sources and formats.
  • Implemented functions modeled after dplyr for cohesive data manipulation.
  • Ensured functions maintain synchronization between taxonomic data and associated metadata.

Main Results:

  • The taxa package can parse various taxonomic data formats (IDs, names, classifications) while preserving associated data.
  • Functions allow for manipulation of taxonomic hierarchies and associated data, keeping them synchronized.
  • The package is already integrated into metacoder and taxize R packages.

Conclusions:

  • The taxa R package provides a standardized solution for managing taxonomic data in R.
  • Its flexible parsing and synchronized manipulation capabilities address key challenges in ecological and biodiversity research.
  • Adoption by other packages is expected to facilitate widespread use and improve data analysis reproducibility.