Microbiome Modelling Toolbox 2.0: efficient, tractable modelling of microbiome communities
Almut Heinken, Ines Thiele
Abstract
MOTIVATION: Constraint-Based Reconstruction and Analysis (COBRA) is a widely used approach for the interrogation and stratification of microbiome samples, yet applications to large-scale cohorts are hampered by limited scalability and efficiency of simulations. RESULTS: We substantially improved the computation speed and scalability of a previous implementation for the construction and interrogation of personalized constraint-based microbiome models as well as implemented additional functionalities for analysis and visualization. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: Microbiome Modelling Toolbox and tutorials are freely available as part of the COBRA Toolbox at https://git.io/microbiomeModelingToolbox.
Topics & Concepts
ToolboxMicrobiomeScalabilityComputer scienceVisualizationInterrogationComputationConstraint (computer-aided design)Scale (ratio)Data scienceData miningComputational biologyBioinformaticsAlgorithmProgramming languageBiologyDatabaseEngineeringArchaeologyHistoryMechanical engineeringQuantum mechanicsPhysicsGut microbiota and healthMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionBacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing