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We introduce a clustering method which significantly reduces the size of a metagenome dataset while maintaining a faithful representation of its functional and taxonomic content.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Contact: \u00a0vmmarkowitz@lbl.gov<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/btn276","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,8,9]],"date-time":"2008-08-09T13:08:02Z","timestamp":1218287282000},"page":"i7-i13","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":35,"title":["Annotation of metagenome short reads using proxygenes"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Daniel","family":"Dalevi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, 2Genome Biology Program, DOE Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Dr, Walnut Creek and 3Microbial Ecology Program, DOE Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Dr, Walnut Creek, CA 94598, 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