TaxTriage: An Open-Source Metagenomic Sequencing Data Analysis Pipeline Enabling Putative Pathogen Detection
Merritt, B.; Ratcliff, J.; Ta, S.; Osis, G.; Mauldin, M.; Thielen, P. M.
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MotivationTaxTriage is a comprehensive pathogen identification workflow designed for both short- and long-read untargeted DNA and RNA sequencing data. Combining read classification, mapping, and de novo assembly approaches, putative pathogens are identified through comparisons to curated pathogens and abundance expectations from healthy cohort data. Flexible installation options are enabled using Nextflow (NF), including cloud deployment via NF Tower (Seqera Platform) and local installation on a variety of systems, including standalone installations without external internet access. Final analysis summaries are compiled into an Organism Discovery Report, which lists likely pathogens and supporting data, including a custom confidence score. ResultsEvaluation of published in silico, clinical, and outbreak datasets identified performance comparable to alternative cloud-based processing pipelines for expected pathogen and co-infection detection with similar sensitivity and increased specificity. To support both public health and veterinary diagnostics communities, customization options have been incorporated to enable improved performance for host species of interest. Availability and ImplementationSource code for TaxTriage is freely available at https://github.com/jhuapl-bio/taxtriage.
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