20110295902 | TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF METAGENOMIC SEQUENCES - Method(s) for identifying a taxon corresponding to a query sequence are described herein. The method includes selecting a target cluster, from amongst a plurality of reference clusters, corresponding to the query sequence. The target cluster may be selected based on a composition based analysis. A similarity based analysis of the query sequence is performed with respect to the target cluster. From the target cluster, the taxon corresponding to the query sequence is identified based on the similarity based analysis. | 12-01-2011 |