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Minimum information about a single amplified genome (MISAG) and a metagenome-assembled genome (MIMAG) of bacteria and archaea.

Author:

Robert M. Bowers, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Ramunas Stepanauskas, Miranda Harmon-Smith, Devin Doud, T. Reddy B.K., Frederik Schulz, Jessica Jarett, Adam R. Rivers, Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh, Susannah G. Tringe, Natalia N. Ivanova, Alex Copeland, Alicia Clum, Eric D. Becraft, Rex R. Malmstrom, Bruce Birren, Mircea Podar, Peer Bork, George M. Weinstock

Source:

Nature Biotechnology 2017 v.35 no.8 pp. 725-731

ISSN:

1546-1696

Subject:

Archaea, bacteria, biotechnology, genetic markers, genome, information, metagenomics, nucleotide sequences, standards and grades

Abstract:

We present two standards developed by the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) for reporting bacterial and archaeal genome sequences. Both are extensions of the minimum information about any (x) sequence (MIxS). The standards are the minimum information about a single amplified genome (MISAG) and the minimum information about a metagenome-assembled genome (MIMAG), including (but not limited to) assembly quality, and estimates of genome completeness and contamination. These standards can be used in combination with other GSC checklists including the minimum information about a genome sequence (MIGS), minimum information about a metagenomic sequence (MIMS) and minimum information about a marker gene sequence (MIMARKS). Community-wide adoption of MISAG and MIMAG will facilitate more robust comparative genomic analyses of bacterial and archaeal diversity.

Agid:

5801851

Handle:

10113/5801851

https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3893