title: Reply to: "a fair comparison".
authors.affiliation: 1] Graduate program in Applied Mathematics, Statistics, and Scientific Computation, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. [2] Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Paulson
authors.affiliation: 1] Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. [2] Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Héctor Corrada
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Bravo
authors.affiliation: 1] Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. [2] Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Mihai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pop
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D056186:Metagenomics / Q000379:methods*; D064307:Microbiota; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S