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

Kyrpides NC, Bowers RM, Schriml L, Garrity GM, Stepanauskas R, Harmon-Smith M, Hugenholtz P, Doud D, Sutton G, Reddy TBK, Yilmaz P, Schulz F, Meyer F, Jarett J, Glöckner FO, Gilbert JA, Rivers AR, Knight R, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Finn R, Tringe SG, Ivanova NN, Cochrane G, Karsch-Mizrachi I, Copeland A, Clum A, Becraft ED, Malmstrom RR, Birren B, Podar M, Bork P, Weinstock GM, Dodsworth JA, Yooseph S, Nelson WC, Hallam SJ, Jungbluth SP, Ettema TJG, Tighe S, Konstantinidis KT, Liu WT, Baker BJ, Rattei T, Eisen JA, Hedlund B, McMahon KD, Fierer N, Tyson GW, Rinke C, Genome Standards Consortium, Lapidus A, Parks DH, Eren AM, Banfield JF, Woyke T

PMID: 28787424

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.