MIxS-SA: a MIxS extension defining the minimum information standard for sequence data from symbiont-associated micro-organisms.

ABSTRACT: The symbiont-associated (SA) environmental package is a new extension to the minimum information about any (x) sequence (MIxS) standards, established by the Parasite Microbiome Project (PMP) consortium, in collaboration with the Genomics Standard Consortium. The SA was built upon the host-associated MIxS standard, but reflects the nestedness of symbiont-associated microbiota within and across host-symbiont-microbe interactions. This package is designed to facilitate the collection and reporting of a broad range of metadata information that apply to symbionts such as life history traits, association with one or multiple host organisms, or the nature of host-symbiont interactions along the mutualism-parasitism continuum. To better reflect the inherent nestedness of all biological systems, we

SUBMITTER: Jorge F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9723553 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature