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Title: MetaBAT, an efficient tool for accurately reconstructing single genomes from complex microbial communities

Abstract

Grouping large genomic fragments assembled from shotgun metagenomic sequences to deconvolute complex microbial communities, or metagenome binning, enables the study of individual organisms and their interactions. Because of the complex nature of these communities, existing metagenome binning methods often miss a large number of microbial species. In addition, most of the tools are not scalable to large datasets. Here we introduce automated software called MetaBAT that integrates empirical probabilistic distances of genome abundance and tetranucleotide frequency for accurate metagenome binning. MetaBAT outperforms alternative methods in accuracy and computational efficiency on both synthetic and real metagenome datasets. Lastly, it automatically forms hundreds of high quality genome bins on a very large assembly consisting millions of contigs in a matter of hours on a single node. MetaBAT is open source software and available at https://bitbucket.org/berkeleylab/metabat.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, (United States); ; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Genomics Division
  2. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, (United States); ; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Genomics Division; Univ. of California, Merced, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1257449
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
PeerJ
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2167-8359
Publisher:
PeerJ Inc.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Metagenome binning; MetaBAT

Citation Formats

Kang, Dongwan D., Froula, Jeff, Egan, Rob, and Wang, Zhong. MetaBAT, an efficient tool for accurately reconstructing single genomes from complex microbial communities. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.7717/peerj.1165.
Kang, Dongwan D., Froula, Jeff, Egan, Rob, & Wang, Zhong. MetaBAT, an efficient tool for accurately reconstructing single genomes from complex microbial communities. United States. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1165
Kang, Dongwan D., Froula, Jeff, Egan, Rob, and Wang, Zhong. Thu . "MetaBAT, an efficient tool for accurately reconstructing single genomes from complex microbial communities". United States. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1165. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1257449.
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title = {MetaBAT, an efficient tool for accurately reconstructing single genomes from complex microbial communities},
author = {Kang, Dongwan D. and Froula, Jeff and Egan, Rob and Wang, Zhong},
abstractNote = {Grouping large genomic fragments assembled from shotgun metagenomic sequences to deconvolute complex microbial communities, or metagenome binning, enables the study of individual organisms and their interactions. Because of the complex nature of these communities, existing metagenome binning methods often miss a large number of microbial species. In addition, most of the tools are not scalable to large datasets. Here we introduce automated software called MetaBAT that integrates empirical probabilistic distances of genome abundance and tetranucleotide frequency for accurate metagenome binning. MetaBAT outperforms alternative methods in accuracy and computational efficiency on both synthetic and real metagenome datasets. Lastly, it automatically forms hundreds of high quality genome bins on a very large assembly consisting millions of contigs in a matter of hours on a single node. MetaBAT is open source software and available at https://bitbucket.org/berkeleylab/metabat.},
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year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2015},
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Massive metagenomic data analysis using abundance-based machine learning
journal, August 2019


Development and characterization of stable anaerobic thermophilic methanogenic microbiomes fermenting switchgrass at decreasing residence times
journal, September 2018

  • Liang, Xiaoyu; Whitham, Jason M.; Holwerda, Evert K.
  • Biotechnology for Biofuels, Vol. 11, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1186/s13068-018-1238-1

Genomic characterization of the uncultured Bacteroidales family S24-7 inhabiting the guts of homeothermic animals
journal, July 2016


Huanglongbing impairs the rhizosphere-to-rhizoplane enrichment process of the citrus root-associated microbiome
journal, August 2017


Long-read metagenomic exploration of extrachromosomal mobile genetic elements in the human gut
journal, August 2019


Impact of plants on the diversity and activity of methylotrophs in soil
journal, March 2020


Correction to: Phage-centric ecological interactions in aquatic ecosystems revealed through ultra-deep metagenomics
journal, March 2020


Towards long-read metagenomics: complete assembly of three novel genomes from bacteria dependent on a diazotrophic cyanobacterium in a freshwater lake co-culture
journal, January 2017

  • Driscoll, Connor B.; Otten, Timothy G.; Brown, Nathan M.
  • Standards in Genomic Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1186/s40793-017-0224-8

Capability for arsenic mobilization in groundwater is distributed across broad phylogenetic lineages
journal, September 2019


An Integrated Metagenome Catalog Reveals New Insights into the Murine Gut Microbiome
text, January 2020


Metagenomic Characterization of the Human Intestinal Microbiota in Fecal Samples from STEC-Infected Patients
journal, February 2018

  • Gigliucci, Federica; von Meijenfeldt, F. A. Bastiaan; Knijn, Arnold
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Vol. 8
  • DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00025

MARVEL, a Tool for Prediction of Bacteriophage Sequences in Metagenomic Bins
journal, August 2018


An Integrated Pipeline for Annotation and Visualization of Metagenomic Contigs
journal, October 2019


Reads Binning Improves Alignment-Free Metagenome Comparison
journal, November 2019


Identification, Recovery, and Refinement of Hitherto Undescribed Population-Level Genomes from the Human Gastrointestinal Tract
journal, June 2016

  • Laczny, Cedric C.; Muller, Emilie E. L.; Heintz-Buschart, Anna
  • Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 7
  • DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00884

A Metagenomic Approach to Cyanobacterial Genomics
journal, May 2017

  • Alvarenga, Danillo O.; Fiore, Marli F.; Varani, Alessandro M.
  • Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 8
  • DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00809

Benefits of Genomic Insights and CRISPR-Cas Signatures to Monitor Potential Pathogens across Drinking Water Production and Distribution Systems
journal, October 2017


Comparative Genomics and Proteomic Analysis of Assimilatory Sulfate Reduction Pathways in Anaerobic Methanotrophic Archaea
journal, December 2018


Characterisation of the Carpinus betulus L. Phyllomicrobiome in Urban and Forest Areas
journal, May 2019

  • Imperato, Valeria; Kowalkowski, Lukasz; Portillo-Estrada, Miguel
  • Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 10
  • DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01110

Applying Genome-Resolved Metagenomics to Deconvolute the Halophilic Microbiome
journal, March 2019


Interpreting Microbial Biosynthesis in the Genomic Age: Biological and Practical Considerations
journal, June 2017

  • Miller, Ian; Chevrette, Marc; Kwan, Jason
  • Marine Drugs, Vol. 15, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.3390/md15060165

Stable Isotope and Metagenomic Profiling of a Methanogenic Naphthalene-Degrading Enrichment Culture
journal, July 2018


HgtSIM: a simulator for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in microbial communities
journal, November 2017