Metagenomics

Metagenomics is the genomic analysis of the collective genetic material from all organisms within an environmental sample, enabling direct characterization of microbial community composition and metabolic function without requiring individual organism isolation or cultivation.

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Community Genomics

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Bioinformatics

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Comparative MetagenomicsEnvironmental MetagenomicsFunctional MetagenomicsGenome Recovery From MetagenomesHost-associated MetagenomicsLong-read MetagenomicsMetagenome AssemblyMetagenome BinningMetagenomic AnnotationMetagenomic Data Quality Control

Publications

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Metagenomic biomarker discovery and explanation

Nicola Segata, Jacques Izard, Levi Waldron et al. · Genome biology · 2011 · 16.7K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Microbiology +10

CheckM: assessing the quality of microbial genomes recovered from isolates, single cells, and metagenomes

Donovan H. Parks, Michael Imelfort, Connor T. Skennerton et al. · Genome Research · 2015 · 12.8K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +17

A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing

Junjie Qin, Ruiqiang Li, Jeroen Raes et al. · Nature · 2010 · 11.7K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +17

MEGAHIT: an ultra-fast single-node solution for large and complex metagenomics assembly via succinct <i>de Bruijn</i> graph

Dinghua Li, Chi-Man Liu, Ruibang Luo et al. · Bioinformatics · 2015 · 10K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Genome Assembly +11

Improved metagenomic analysis with Kraken 2

Derrick E. Wood, Jennifer Lu, Ben Langmead · Genome biology · 2019 · 7.1K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Microbiology +11

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Rob Knight
University of California San Diego, United States
105 publications · 37K citations
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Nicola Segata
University of Trento, Italy
71 publications · 42.2K citations
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Tong Zhang
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
69 publications · 12.8K citations
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Peer Bork
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
68 publications · 26.2K citations
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Nikos C. Kyrpides
Joint Genome Institute, United States
69 publications · 17K citations
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PLoS ONE
624 publications · 56.1K citations
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Microbiome
361 publications · 52K citations
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The ISME Journal
273 publications · 36.5K citations
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Frontiers in Microbiology
812 publications · 45.8K citations
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Scientific Reports
505 publications · 37.2K citations
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See also Metagenomics
Core Methods	Shotgun Metagenomics Metagenomic Binning Taxonomic Annotation Unsupervised Binning Sequence Alignment
Applications	Antibiotic Discovery Enzyme Discovery Rhizosphere Microbial Ecology Plant Growth-promoting Microorganisms Biogeochemical Cycling Plant Nutrition
Data Analysis	Taxonomic Profiling Functional Profiling Comparative Metagenomics Genome-resolved Metagenomics Sequence Assembly Gene Prediction Binning Compositional Bias Correction Differential Abundance Analysis 16S Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid Sequence Analysis
Limitations	Taxonomic Resolution
Sequencing Strategies	Shotgun Metagenomics Marker Gene Analysis Long-read Sequencing Short-read Sequencing Circular Consensus Sequencing Nanopore Sequencing