MarineMetagenomeDB: a public repository for curated and standardized metadata for marine metagenomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Metagenomics is an expanding field within microbial ecology, microbiology, and related disciplines. The number of metagenomes deposited in major public repositories such as Sequence Read Archive (SRA) and Metagenomic Rapid Annotations using Subsystems Technology (MG-RAST) is rising exponentially. However, data mining and interpretation can be challenging due to mis-annotated and misleading metadata entries. In this study, we describe the Marine Metagenome Metadata Database (MarineMetagenomeDB) to help researchers identify marine metagenomes of interest for re-analysis and meta-analysis. To this end, we have manually curated the associated metadata of several thousands of microbial metagenomes currently deposited at SRA and MG-RAST.

Results

In total, 125 terms were

SUBMITTER: Nata'ala MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9675116 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature