Title: A unified catalog of 204,938 reference genomes from the human gut microbiome

Journal Article · · Nature Biotechnology
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  1. European Molecular Biology Lab. (EMBL), Hinxton (United Kingdom). European Bioinformatics Institute; Wellcome Sanger Inst., Hinxton (United Kingdom)
  2. USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Walnut Creek, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  3. European Molecular Biology Lab. (EMBL), Hinxton (United Kingdom). European Bioinformatics Institute
  4. Enterome Bioscience, Paris (France)
  5. Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA (United States); Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA (United States)
  6. Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA (United States); Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA (United States); Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States)
  7. Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD (Australia)
  8. Univ. of Trento (Italy)

Comprehensive, high-quality reference genomes are required for functional characterization and taxonomic assignment of the human gut microbiota. We present the Unified Human Gastrointestinal Genome (UHGG) collection, comprising 204,938 nonredundant genomes from 4,644 gut prokaryotes. These genomes encode >170 million protein sequences, which we collated in the Unified Human Gastrointestinal Protein (UHGP) catalog. The UHGP more than doubles the number of gut proteins in comparison to those present in the Integrated Gene Catalog. More than 70% of the UHGG species lack cultured representatives, and 40% of the UHGP lack functional annotations. Intraspecies genomic variation analyses revealed a large reservoir of accessory genes and single-nucleotide variants, many of which are specific to individual human populations. The UHGG and UHGP collections will enable studies linking genotypes to phenotypes in the human gut microbiome.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council; European Research Council (ERC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1756348
Journal Information:
Nature Biotechnology, Journal Name: Nature Biotechnology Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 39; ISSN 1087-0156
Publisher:
Springer NatureCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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