IMG/M: the integrated metagenome data management and comparative analysis system

Authors

Victor M. Markowitz, Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryFollow
I-Min A. Chen, Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryFollow
Ken Chu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ernest Szeto, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Krishna Palaniappan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Yuri Grechkin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Anna Ratner, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Biju Jacob, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Amrita Pati, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute
Marcel Huntemann, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute
Konstantinos Liolios, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute
Ioanna Pagani, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute
Iain Anderson, Department of Energy Joint Genome InstituteFollow
Konstantinos Mavromatis, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute
Natalia N. Ivanova, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute
Nikos C. Kyrpides, Department of Energy Joint Genome InstituteFollow

Date of this Version

2011

Citation

Nucleic Acids Research, 2012, Vol. 40, Database issue D123–D129; doi:10.1093/nar/gkr975

Abstract

The integrated microbial genomes and metagenomes (IMG/M) system provides support for comparative analysis of microbial community aggregate genomes (metagenomes) in a comprehensive integrated context. IMG/M integrates metagenome data sets with isolate microbial genomes from the IMG system. IMG/M’s data content and analytical capabilities have been extended through regular updates since its first release in 2007. IMG/M is available at http://img.jgi.doe.gov/m. A companion IMG/M systems provide support for annotation and expert review of unpublished metagenomic data sets (IMG/M ER: http://img.jgi.doe.gov/mer).