Single Best Classification per Read in Taxor

[DaanJansen94]

Dear Taxor Developer,

I am currently evaluating Taxor as an alternative read classifier for my viral metagenomics pipeline. We are currently using Metamaps which absorbs an enormous amount of computational power and is hard to scale. However, I would need to assign a single, unambiguous classification per read, rather than receiving all potential classifications. This would greatly simplify the integration of Taxor into my pipeline.

Is there an option to run Taxor in a way that outputs only the most probable classification per read?

Best regards,

Daan

[JensUweUlrich]

Dear @DaanJansen94 ,

For this purpose, you can use the taxor profile command, which will give you a binning file, in which you have the single, most probable reference assignment for each input read.

Best,
Jens