{
  "id": 18500894,
  "title": "Residual barcode-like sequences and barcode-associated artifacts after Dorado and Barbell preprocessing of metagenomic reads",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/residual-barcode-like-sequences-and-barcode-associated-artifacts",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.11.05.764534v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Background Residual barcode-like sequences after preprocessing are a quality-control concern in multiplexed Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) sequencing data, particularly in low-biomass, host-dominated samples such as blood. Using blood datasets spiked with a microbial mock community and prepared with the Native Barcoding Kit 96 V14 (SQK-NBD114.96), we compared Dorado 1.1.1, Dorado 2.0.0, and…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}