Pilea: profiling bacterial growth dynamics from metagenomes with sketching

Key Points

• The aim is to analyze bacterial growth dynamics using metagenomic data across various biomes.
• Utilized Pilea to scale analyses to comprehensive reference collections.
• Integrated data from the Genome Taxonomy Database for bacterial classification.
• Applied sketching techniques for efficient data processing.
• Revealed new patterns in bacterial growth dynamics.
• Highlighted variations in bacterial populations across different biomes.