HumanMetagenomeDB: a public repository of curated and standardized metadata for human metagenomes.

ABSTRACT: Metagenomics became a standard strategy to comprehend the functional potential of microbial communities, including the human microbiome. Currently, the number of metagenomes in public repositories is increasing exponentially. The Sequence Read Archive (SRA) and the MG-RAST are the two main repositories for metagenomic data. These databases allow scientists to reanalyze samples and explore new hypotheses. However, mining samples from them can be a limiting factor, since the metadata available in these repositories is often misannotated, misleading, and decentralized, creating an overly complex environment for sample reanalysis. The main goal of the HumanMetagenomeDB is to simplify the identification and use of public human metagenomes of interest. HumanMetagenomeDB version 1.0 contains meta

SUBMITTER: Kasmanas JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7778935 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature