From bf20095680fd75ddf2980a0bbae5027a2b719a49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Moritz E. Beber" Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2023 10:53:55 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] fix: small wording changes --- paper/paper.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/paper/paper.md b/paper/paper.md index 237d2c3..4bb1f69 100644 --- a/paper/paper.md +++ b/paper/paper.md @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Metagenomic analysis is largely concerned with untargeted genetic characterisation of the taxonomic and functional composition of whole communities of organisms. Researchers ask questions from metagenomic sequencing such as 'who is present' (what organisms are present), and 'what are they doing' -(what functions are they performing)? The nature of this field is such that it +(which functions are they performing)? The nature of this field is such that it intersects with ecology, medicine, statistics, and bioinformatics. Facilitated by the development of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), the field often generates large datasets consisting of many samples (hundreds) and many @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Python scripting, or even manual correction in spreadsheet software. With TAXPASTA, all of those formats can be converted into a single, standardised output, that, at a minimum, contains taxonomic identifiers and their relative -sequence abundances as integer counts. It can also be used to aggregate profiles across +abundances as integer counts. It can also be used to aggregate profiles across samples from the same profiler and merge them into a single, standardised table. Having a singular format facilitates downstream analyses and comparisons. TAXPASTA is not the first tool to attempt standardising metagenomic profiles, @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ some of the taxonomic profilers also come with scripts to convert their output into another format and/or merge multiple profiles into a single table, such as the Krakentools companion package [@lu_metagenome_2022], these are often focused on the specific tool or family of tools. Thus, users would have to become -proficient in yet another piece of software per tool or family of tools just for +proficient in yet another piece of software per tool or family of tools for the sake of consistent output files. [^8]: