Minimum information about a single amplified genome (MISAG) and a metagenome-assembled genome (MIMAG) of bacteria and archaea.
Robert M BowersNikos C KyrpidesRamunas StepanauskasMiranda Harmon-SmithDevin DoudT B K ReddyFrederik SchulzJessica JarettAdam R RiversEmiley A Eloe-FadroshSusannah G TringeNatalia N IvanovaAlex CopelandAlicia ClumEric D BecraftRex R MalmstromBruce BirrenMircea PodarPeer BorkGeorge M WeinstockGeorge M GarrityJeremy A DodsworthShibu YoosephGranger G SuttonFrank O GlöcknerJack A GilbertWilliam C NelsonSteven J HallamSean P JungbluthThijs J G EttemaScott TigheKonstantinos T KonstantinidisWen-Tso LiuBrett J BakerThomas RatteiJonathan A EisenBrian HedlundKatherine D McMahonNoah FiererRob KnightRob FinnGuy CochraneIlene Karsch-MizrachiGene W TysonChristian Rinkenull nullAlla L LapidusFolker MeyerPelin YilmazDonovan H ParksA Murat ErenLynn SchrimlJillian F BanfieldPhilip HugenholtzTanja WoykePublished in: Nature biotechnology (2017)
We present two standards developed by the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) for reporting bacterial and archaeal genome sequences. Both are extensions of the Minimum Information about Any (x) Sequence (MIxS). The standards are the Minimum Information about a Single Amplified Genome (MISAG) and the Minimum Information about a Metagenome-Assembled Genome (MIMAG), including, but not limited to, assembly quality, and estimates of genome completeness and contamination. These standards can be used in combination with other GSC checklists, including the Minimum Information about a Genome Sequence (MIGS), Minimum Information about a Metagenomic Sequence (MIMS), and Minimum Information about a Marker Gene Sequence (MIMARKS). Community-wide adoption of MISAG and MIMAG will facilitate more robust comparative genomic analyses of bacterial and archaeal diversity.