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StatFingerprints: a friendly graphical interface program for processing and analysis of microbial fingerprint profiles
Author(s) -
MICHELLAND R. J.,
DEJEAN S.,
COMBES S.,
FORTUNLAMOTHE L.,
CAUQUIL L.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
molecular ecology resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.96
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1755-0998
pISSN - 1755-098X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02609.x
Subject(s) - fingerprint (computing) , graphical user interface , ordination , cluster analysis , interface (matter) , multivariate statistics , biology , graphics , variance (accounting) , similarity (geometry) , data mining , multivariate analysis , process (computing) , computer science , ecology , artificial intelligence , machine learning , computer graphics (images) , image (mathematics) , programming language , pulmonary surfactant , biochemistry , gibbs isotherm , accounting , business
Molecular fingerprint methods are widely used to compare microbial communities in various habitats. The free program StatFingerprints can import, process, and display fingerprint profiles and perform numerous statistical analyses on them, and also estimate diversity indexes. StatFingerprints works with the free program R, providing an environment for statistical computing and graphics. No programming knowledge is required to use StatFingerprints, thanks to its friendly graphical user interface. StatFingerprints is useful for analysing the effect of a controlled factor on the microbial community and for establishing the relationships between the microbial community and the parameters of its environment. Multivariate analyses include ordination, clustering methods and hypothesis‐driven tests like 50–50 multivariate analysis of variance, analysis of similarity or similarity percentage procedure and the program offers the possibility of plotting ordinations as a three‐dimensional display.