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Michał Karlicki¹, Stanisław Antonowicz¹, Anna Karnkowska¹

¹Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology & Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Warszawa 02-089, Poland.

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Tiara, a new deep-learning tool, accurately identifies eukaryotic sequences in metagenomic data. It efficiently classifies nuclear and organellar genomes, outperforming existing methods for eukaryotic analysis.

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Area of Science:

Metagenomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics

Background:

Metagenomic datasets are rapidly expanding, presenting challenges in eukaryotic sequence identification.
Accurate classification of eukaryotic nuclear and organellar genomes is crucial for understanding eukaryotic diversity.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate Tiara, a deep-learning-based approach for identifying eukaryotic sequences in metagenomic datasets.
To enable precise classification of nuclear and organellar eukaryotic fractions, distinguishing between plastidial and mitochondrial sequences.

Main Methods:

Tiara employs a two-step deep-learning classification process.
The tool was benchmarked against EukRep using both test and real-world metagenomic datasets.

Main Results:

Tiara demonstrated comparable performance to EukRep for prokaryotic classification.
Tiara outperformed EukRep in eukaryotic classification, with reduced computational time.
Tiara excelled in analyzing both small eukaryotic microbiome datasets and large oceanic datasets.
Tiara uniquely and accurately classified organellar sequences, enabling the recovery of near-complete organellar genomes.

Conclusions:

Tiara is an effective and efficient tool for eukaryotic sequence identification in metagenomics.
The tool's ability to classify organellar genomes advances the study of eukaryotic diversity.