A Comparison of Three Bioinformatics Pipelines for the Analysis of Preterm Gut Microbiota using 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing Data

Erica Plummer^1*, Jimmy Twin¹, Dieter M. Bulach^2,3,4, Suzanne M. Garland^1,3,5,6 and Sepehr N Tabrizi^1,3,5,6

¹Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Flemington Rd, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia

²Victoria 3800, Australia

³The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3050, Australia

⁴Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative, The University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus, LAB-14, 700 Swanston St, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia

⁵The Royal Women’s Hospital, 20 Flemington Rd, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia

⁶The Royal Children’s Hospital, 50 Flemington Rd, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia

^*Corresponding Author: Erica Plummer, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Flemington Rd, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia, Tel: +61 1300 766 439