Published February 20, 2026 | Version v1
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Microbiome Forensics Database

Authors/Creators

  • 1. ROR icon University of Zurich
  • 2. ROR icon ETH Zurich

Description

This repository is part of the Microbiome Forensics Database. It contains the final metadata file, otu table and the trained classifier. The corresponding documentation is provided on the landing website and the scripts are provided in the Github repository: MFDB Classifier Training. This project is supported by the Emma Louise Kessler Foundation (ELK) for the project titled "Microbiome Forensics Database Portal".

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Additional details

Related works

Is described by
Dataset: https://mfdb.irm.uzh.ch/#/ (URL)
Is documented by
Workflow: https://meghnasw.github.io/MFDB_classifier_training/ (URL)

Software

Repository URL
https://github.com/meghnasw/MFDB_classifier_training
Programming language
Shell , Python
Development Status
Active

References

  • Swayambhu, M., Gysi, M., Haas, C., Schuh, L., Walser, L., Javanmard, F., … & Arora, N. (2025). Standardizing a microbiome pipeline for body fluid identification from complex crime scene stains. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 91(5), e01871-24.