component of AMR genotypic or phenotypic terminology CARD k-mers CARD:k-mers CARD:k-mers refers to the k-mer classification module of CARD that jointly predicts species-level pathogen taxonomy and genomic context (plasmid versus chromosome) for antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) detected in short metagenomic reads. It is the first CARD tool to unify ARG detection, host taxonomy, and genomic-context assignment in a single classifier, addressing a gap where general-purpose k-mer classifiers (e.g., Kraken2, CLARK) perform poorly on AMR-specific sequences. ARO:3009663 antibiotic_resistance