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is available at http://img.jgi.doe.gov/m. A companion IMG/M systems provide support for annotation and expert review of unpublished metagenomic data sets (IMG/M ER: http://img.jgi.doe.gov/mer).